Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use.”

“The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the greatness of the country.”

“We don't have any bad memories of the people of the United States.”

“I'm not satisfied with the progress of the work, but I am happy that the talks are going on. It might have a negative effect if the United States joins.”

“If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States.”

“And they said if we help with the crisis, they would do a lot of positive acts. After we helped in those crises, they showed negative acts and the Japanese and Turks were ashamed.”

“I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time.”

“The problem is that the Iraqi people are facing atrocities from both sides - Zarqawi and also the American troops at times. The Zarqawi groups uses car bombs, the Americans use other bombs. You also know what they do in the prisons.”

“Condi Rice talks tough but she cannot be tough herself.”

“I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see what the outcome of the counting is.”