Once you're at 60, you're 90% of the way there. You are, in essence, a threshold nuclear weapons state, which is what Iran basically has become,
None of our nuclear enrichment facilities will be dismantled,
In the end, the decision lies in the hands of one person, and that's the supreme leader in Iran, and I hope he chooses the path of peace and prosperity, not a destructive path, and we'll see how that plays out,
The dismantling of enrichment is not accepted by Iran,
They were starving for love because our country didn't give them love,
We have said repeatedly that defending Iran's nuclear rights — including enrichment — is a fundamental principle,
This partnership has taken a significant leap forward since you assumed office,
But I will never hesitate to wield American power if it's necessary to defend the United States of America or our partners,
I want to make a deal with Iran. I want to do something if possible. But for that to happen, it must stop sponsoring terror, halt its bloody proxy wars and permanently and verifiably cease its pursuit of nuclear weapons. They cannot have a nuclear weapon,
The president has been clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon,
If the other side — whether during the earlier talks with the P5+1 or now with the United States — were able to destroy our nuclear facilities through military means, they would have done so,
We’re in very serious negotiations with Iran for long-term peace,
Alternatively, Iran could consider inviting Saudi Arabia and even the US to invest in Iran’s nuclear programme.”
I want them [Iran] to succeed, I want them to end up being a great country, ... but they can’t have a nuclear weapon; that’s the only thing, it’s very simple.”
Trump thinks he can sanction and threaten us and then talk of human rights. All the crimes and regional instability is caused by them [the United States],
Iran is very lucky to have the emir because he’s actually fighting for them. He doesn’t want us to do a vicious blow to Iran,
Iran has sort of agreed to the terms: They’re not going to make, I call it, in a friendly way, nuclear dust. We’re not going to be making any nuclear dust in Iran,
Two courses, there’s only two courses. There aren’t three or four or five, there’s two. There’s a friendly and a non-friendly, and non-friendly is a violent course, and I don’t want that. I’ll say it up front. I don’t want that, but they have to get moving,
You have tried to bring Iran to its knees for the past 47 years. We have existed for thousands of years and will continue as one for the years to come,
I am not going to just tell people everything is safe and effective if I know that there are issues. I need to respect people’s intelligence.”