Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Quotes (143 Quotes)

Of the five proposals made by the committee, three concerned different types of international fuel supply guarantees as an incentive for countries to forswear their own enrichment facilities, and two were based on the notion of shared ownership or control. The latter involved promoting voluntary conversion of existing facilities to multilateral nuclear approaches (MNAs), and pursuing them as confidence-building measures with the participation of non-nuclear-weapon states and nuclear-weapon states, and non-NPT states ... creating, through voluntary agreements and contracts, multinational, and in particular regional, MNAs for new facilities based on joint ownership, drawing rights or co-management.

In Iran I think nobody loses their job because of making a statement that reflects their opinion. From this point of view, conditions in Iran are far better than in many other places in the world.

By unleashing an active diplomacy on its nuclear activities, Iran has effectively neutralized the European and US policies,

Iran is ready to transfer nuclear know-how to the Islamic countries due to their need.

Our nation can't give in to the coercion of some bully countries who imagine they are the whole world and see themselves equal to the entire globe.

We're not going to cave in to the excessive demands of certain powers,

My guess is, over time, the young people and the women will find him, as well as his masters, unacceptable.

There is no doubt that the new wave (of attacks) in Palestine will wipe off this stigma (Israel) from the face of the Islamic world, ... The World without Zionism.

We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.

We have firmly decided to use this technology for peaceful purposes within the framework of the NPT, international regulations and cooperation with the IAEA,

The establishment of Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world.

The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.

As a developing state, Iran should speedily increase its investment in different energy-related sectors. The United States , despite having giant fossil fuel reserves, has made considerable amount of investment in the nuclear energy field,

must not allow itself to be turned into an instrument in denying a nation of its inalienable right.

The host country should not enjoy any right or privilege over the rest of the membership and the organization and its headquarters must be easily accessible for all,

Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats.

Our nation wants peace, stability, justice and equality in international relations,

We believe that atomic energy is a blessing given by God, ... It's an opportunity. It is a clean energy. It is a healthy energy.

One month ago they started this psychological war and created a psychological atmosphere, that this or that would happen... there were even threats... but as you saw the atmosphere was strongly in favour of Iranian people and the words of Iranian people were welcomed,

We have been made an offer to have uranium enriched outside Iran . But what will we do if at some point we are not supplied with nuclear fuel

In order to secure the Iranian nation's interests in nuclear field, the government has moved wisely, patiently, and based on a well-devised planning.

I said I'll do every thing in order to uphold our national interest, ... One of these things is that we will have access to the nuclear supply process. We don't want to be at war with the world, as you see they're trying to impose their will on our country. I have no worries about all that. We will have peace, prosperity and the nuclear supply cycle.

Some world powers are used to subjugating other nations to their own will, but they should realize that the era of domination has passed, and the time has come for the peoples of the world to direct their own destinies.

These words are the same ones that the late Imam (Khomeini) said,

The UN structure is one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam.

I want the channel to be allowed to resume its work owing to the apology it made.

The Iranian people insist on their legitimate right to develop peaceful nuclear technology and will not move from this right one iota.

It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.

We believe that it is the right of all member nations to enjoy nuclear fuel and peaceful nuclear technology. We will not accept a scientific apartheid.

Protection of Iraq's territorial integrity, independence and might is of special significance to Iran,

We believe that we should not give up to bullying in international relations.

the most far reaching step outside the requirements of the NPT... in keeping with Iran's inalienable right to have access to a nuclear fuel cycle.

Global equations undergo changes, this is their nature.

We will negotiate with all the countries who want to negotiate and I should make it clear that many countries are willing to hold talks with Iran just as they did in New York,

From the very beginning, the West has been against scientific progress and economic growth in our country. They do not want to see our young generation gain access to nuclear fuel technology.

Nuclear energy is our right, and we will resist until this right is fully realized.

an affront to the Iranian nation.

The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of the war of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land.

I think they're smarter than denying us this legal right. It is natural, of course, they will use whatever they have in their hand, which is the U.N. Security Council, and our nation has the means to defend and obtain its own rights.

Technical knowledge has now become an integral aspect of the Iranian psyche.

Such accusations will definitely not affect the expansion of relations between Iran and Iraq,

They confront us and deal with us in a very harsh and illegal language, but ultimately they need us more than we need them.

If some try to impose their will on the Iranian people through resorting to the language of force and threats with Iran, we will reconsider our entire approach to the nuclear issue,

Iran's strong logic and firm diplomacy is the guideline for all government officials in negotiations on country's peaceful nuclear program with foreigners, quite resolutely.

Relying on our nation and armed forces, we will make the aggressor regret its actions,

A country, which possesses the biggest nuclear arsenal, embarks on proliferation of nuclear weapons in defiance of the safeguards (of NPT) and threatens to use them against others, is not competent to comment on peaceful use of nuclear know-how by other states,

Nuclear technology is a national demand and a pivotal prerequisite for progress. If the United States and Europe try to impose their will, we will not tolerate it,

Our nation is today a powerful nation.

For hundreds of years Iranians have been migrating to many parts of the world. They took Islamic culture to other parts of the world and established it there.

We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a nuclear bomb, we are brave enough to say that we want it. But we never do that.