Even for defeating extremists, you need more than a military strategy. Mohammad Javad Zarif Read Quote
I have disagreements with some and more agreements with others. But that doesn’t mean I cannot listen to those I disagree with. Mohammad Javad Zarif Read Quote
I think the United States, whether you have a Democratic president or whether you have a Republican president, is bound by international law, whether some senators like it or not. Mohammad Javad Zarif Read Quote
Iran did not talk to the United States for 35 years. And now we are talking. And I believe these talks are useful. But they haven’t produced the intended results. We have not seen an end to the hostility that has been exhibited in the United States against Iran. And I believe it is important that we see some of that. Mohammad Javad Zarif Read Quote
If you look at the developments in the international scene over the past many years, we haven’t been able to resolve many problems and many crises, because we have approached them from a zero-sum perspective. My gain has always been defined as somebody else’s loss, and through that, we never resolve problems. Mohammad Javad Zarif Read Quote
Actually, if you look at the essence of ISIS, how it came about, it’s the product of foreign invasion. Foreign invasion in Iraq led to removal of Saddam Hussein, and we’re not unhappy with that, but the point is that foreign presence in any territory has created dynamics. And you cannot avoid those dynamics. Mohammad Javad Zarif Read Quote
It’s almost impossible to have security at the expense of insecurity of others. It’s almost impossible to have prosperity when there is a huge problem of poverty and backwardness all over the world. Mohammad Javad Zarif Read Quote
The United States wanted to send its trained rebel groups to Syria to fight ISIS. Out of twenty-five hundred rebels they had trained, only seventy accepted to go to Syria to fight ISIS. Everybody else wanted to go to Syria to fight the government. So you’ve got to wake up and smell the coffee… The rebel groups have not fired a shot against ISIS. Mohammad Javad Zarif Read Quote
I lived for 30 years in the U.S., but always kept my Islamic and Iranian culture and customs… even now, western lifestyle feels strange to me. Mohammad Javad Zarif Read Quote
