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On Aug. 19, 1953, Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh of Iran became the first victim of a C.I.A. coup. Ten months later, on June 27, 1954, President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala became the second.

After this decision, Iran has to immediately bring into force its parliamentary law to suspend voluntary implementation of (the watchdog agency's) Additional Protocol (on snap inspections) and (pursue) commercial-scale enrichment which until today was under complete suspension.

An unwise decision could lead to a dangerous situation, not only in Iran and in the (Gulf) region but also in the world.

The military option has a lot of costs. But is the cost of the Islamic Republic of Iran having a nuclear weapon greater?

The Islamic Republic of Iran is insisting to provide Asia with the oil it needs as a reliable and effective source of energy and will not use oil as a foreign-policy instrument.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is committed to its U.N. charter commitments. It has never used force against a second country or threatened the use of force.

The Islamic Republic of Iran does not intend to stop.

The fall in prices is modest...No one is willing to assume Iran will never use oil as a bargaining chip.

The conflict over Iran gives Russia a chance to emerge as the world's major negotiator with problematic nations.

The consensus analytic view was that there was a lot of dissatisfaction but that it didn't translate into a pre-revolutionary situation. Iran doesn't have the appetite for making another revolution. I think there has probably been more faith among the policy-makers in the prospects of true regime change than most of the analysts believe.

The Chinese side hopes that Iran will resume suspension of its nuclear fuel R&D activities and resume negotiations with the European side as soon as possible.

In Egypt, on the eve of Tahrir Square, there was a major poll which found that overwhelmingly - 80-90%, numbers like that - Egyptians regarded the main threats they face as the U.S. and Israel. They don't like Iran - Arabs generally don't like Iran - but they didn't consider it a threat.

In a way, it's more a 19th-century game. They are buying long-term supplies wherever they find them - including in unsavory places like Sudan, Iran and Burma where we won't buy. They say it is benign, because they don't interfere with the internal affairs of other nations. And we say it is anything but benign, because it finances these regimes' bad behavior.

If the problem in Iran is not resolved immediately, we are worried that global oil prices will rise again because Iran is an OPEC member.

If you use the language of force, Iran will have no choice but to ... leave the framework of the NPT ... and to resume enrichment.

In our view, any solution should take into account the desirability, very high desirability, to continue to investigate into the past program of Iran so that all the questions which the international community has could be answered by the experts.

I just think this is a natural progression that is going to bring us ever higher. Concerns about Nigeria are still going on, Iran is still going on; pick your woe, and it's still going on.

In the short term, any kind of disruption from two very large producers like Iran and Nigeria isn't something that can be offset by other production.

Investors are keeping an eye on oil as the intensifying standoff between the West and Iran looks to pick up steam.

Investors will be focusing on Iran and any developments there, as it might have implications on the price of oil, and of course, the future of the world.

In the near future, Iran will officially announce an international tender for the construction of two nuclear power plants and, taking all technical requirements as well as security guarantees into consideration, will definitely choose the most qualified companies,

International pressure on Iran proves that (its nuclear activities) are not only Israel's problem.

Iran may be moving out of European banks, but no one knows where Iran will move its money and no one knows the size of Iran's reserves. So you can't really make an intelligent trade on the news.

Iran matters more than is currently priced in and Iran's external relations remain the key wild card. We continue to see the situation as representing the major upside risk for oil prices this year.

Iran is the real threat because there's just so many ways it could play out. This is the one that could actually get us to $100.

Iran is the biggest test now facing the UN,

Iran is starting to loom in the picture as a threat to oil capacity.

Iran is playing the game in such a way that time is on its side. Iran is buying time.

Iran is playing a smart game of brinkmanship, they are pushing as far into the edge as they can take this and then pulling back.

Iran is one to three years away from making a bomb.

Iran is one of the countries that is -- in our view -- assessed as developing a nuclear capability, and that's unfortunate,

Iran is not Iraq. And the United States is not the self-appointed policeman of the world.

Iran is not bluffing over its nuclear program. They hope they can resolve the matter at the I.A.E.A. but they are prepared if their case is sent to the Security Council.

Iran is increasingly moving its nuclear facilities to military sites.

Iran is going to be the focus for still quite a long period.

Iran is determined to improve its military capabilities,

Iran is a worrying issue that could trigger dollar selling.

Iran is at least five years away from having a working nuclear weapon.

Iran is already under international pressure. A severe crackdown on social issues like the dress code could cause a popular backlash.

Iran is actively pursuing nuclear weapons capability and, if successful, the weapons could embolden the leadership in Tehran to advance its aggressive ambitions in and outside of the region, both directly and through the terrorists it supports.

Iran individually can't raise prices ... whether Iran will respond to sanctions with an oil embargo may lead to a spike in prices. But I don't think it will occur because it will affect oil revenue to Iran.

Iran have improved rapidly in the past two years. They have very good young players and gave us some trouble,

Iran has told the agency that it would prepare all necessary facilities for the agency so that it can open the site in time,

Iran has the right to peaceful development of atomic energy, but this right must be combined with guarantees of the fulfillment of nuclear nonproliferation demands.

Iran has the right to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

Iran has the opportunity now to address the clear concerns of the IAEA, and the lack of confidence in Iran's nuclear intentions.

Iran has the absolute right to enrich. Meanwhile, the other side has proposed that for a while the issue of enrichment could be resolved in a different way. This is worth discussing. I think we can reach an agreement that could suit today's circumstances.

Iran has shown a serious intention to invest in the energy sector.

Iran has shifted its status from a defensive to an offensive position,

Iran has removed the seals from a uranium enrichment plant and therefore urgent consultations are needed.

Iran has prepared itself ... they will get a crushing response if they make such a mistake.

Iran has lots of influence in southern Iraq. And they have not used it nearly as much as they can.

Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set it.

Iran has basically propped up Assad, who has waged an absolute war of horror against the Syrian people. And he has done anything he could to stay in power with the full support of the Iranians and including Iranian troops and Hezbollah from Lebanon, which are an Iranian proxy.

Iran has another policy as well: to work with militias, provide training and provide weapons to extremist groups, direct and indirectly.

Iran has already said it's not going to use oil as a political weapon.

Iran has a ballistic missile capability of 2000km. We do not intend to attack any country, but if we are attacked we have the capability to give an effective response. Our policy is defensive.

Iran continues to weigh but there is a sense that it's a longer-term situation. I don't see any rash decisions about sanctions, embargoes or cuts in supply.

Iran considers pursuing unconditional talks with the three European countries useful and welcomes it under the current circumstances.

Iran believes that negotiations with Russia will continue seriously and constructively, and as planned, they will be on February 16 in Moscow.

Iran and the European Union have already started their talks in Vienna and I hope that both sides will take a wise decision in the nuclear matter.

Iran and North Korea are two countries that have been spending a great deal of time and money to develop several different types of advanced ballistic missiles, including a type that could possibly reach the U.S. homeland with a weapon of mass destruction in the near future.

Iran and Nigeria have got people extremely nervous. There's a concern that around two and a half million barrels per day of Iranian exports could be removed.

Iran and Nigeria have got people extremely nervous.

Iran and Nigeria could both be big problems. If Iran is punished with sanctions, then the market will go much higher.

Iran and Nigeria are uncertainties that hang over the market and can change the fundamentals very quickly.

Iran and Nigeria are providing a double disruption to the crude oil market, emphasizing that the oil market remains in no condition to play a man or more short.

Iran and GM are the dark clouds hanging over this market.

Iran also, like Japan, enjoys its right to have nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. We are against nuclear weapons.

Iran agreed to work with the IAEA. It is very important that the agency is prepared to continue its work,

Iran actively and relentlessly undermines the peace process through various terrorist organizations. When such a regime has a long-range capacity combined with a tremendous effort to combine it with nuclear projects, it's of great concern to Israel.

In a letter, the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) has been informed that Iran will start research on the technology of nuclear fuel in a few days, with the cooperation and coordination of the agency.

If there was supply disruption either created by Nigeria, Iran or both, that would lead, no doubt about that, to a stock release from the IEA countries.

If there was supply disruption, either created by Nigeria, Iran or both, that would lead, no doubt about that, to a stock release from the IEA countries.

I think obviously it will be an issue, and my guess is that both sides will express continued concern, desire for diplomatic progress and call on Iran to be constructive.

I think not taking Iran seriously is an enormous mistake. I've always felt that it was much more of a problem than Iraq was.

Iran will take the nuclear situation to the wire, making the market nervous. It will wax and wane diplomatically and they'll extract a price before agreeing to any deal with the west.

Iran will seek to drag out the negotiations, because while they are ongoing, the possibility of referral to the U.N Security Council and the possible implementation of economic sanctions are almost zero.

Iran will not bend. Iran will be a nuclear fuel producer and supplier within a decade.

Iran will however, only consider the technical and legal aspects of the report and pay no attention at all to the political parts.

Iran will have to consider the statement in Tehran and will respond accordingly.

Iran will give them the money, I think.

Iran will continue to cooperate with the agency, even though its report launched some criticisms on us which have no legitimate or technical bases.

Iran will continue activity aimed at mastering peaceful nuclear technologies under the supervision of IAEA specialists and will convince the Agency that this activity is peaceful and transparent.

Iran will be the litmus test for whether China will become a responsible stakeholder in the world.

Iran stresses restoration of its right to access nuclear technology and prefers to make use of internationally recognized mechanisms and benefit from its membership of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Iran's restarting of its uranium enrichment program was a slap in the face to Europe, which has tried to negotiate a reasonable outcome to this threat to the world -- only to have Iran shove it right back it their face.

Iran should do much more than it has done and our common efforts should aim for a solution that provides answers to all the questions.

Iran needs to provide a political and business environment in which companies won't feel they're going to lose their shirt.

Iran must return to a complete suspension of these activities.

Iran must continue to cooperate with the IAEA so that any questions that arise can be fully clarified,

Clearly the Iran situation is the key focus at the moment, our view is that eventually it will settle down, but it's expected to rumble on for a while and so maybe at the margins slightly supportive of the safe-haven currencies like the Swiss Franc.

High oil prices and the emergence of a number of new players on the world stage - not just China and India but also Russia and even Iran - have made it possible to play the major powers off against each other.

But if Iran withdrew, that would leave a substantial gap in the market. In any case, the oil price is likely to remain high because global demand is so strong.

The only reason we're not in Iran now is because we're going alphabetically and George Bush can't spell.

But when Warren has spoken on national security, she has invariably spouted warmed-over, banal Democratic hawk tripe of the kind that she just recited about Israel and Gaza. During her Senate campaign, for instance, she issued wildly militaristic - and in some cases clearly false - statements about Iran and its nuclear program that would have been comfortable on the pages of The Weekly Standard.

I don't think that I would characterize what's going on in Iran as a democratic system, ... I don't think I would say that it fits the principles that I've just indicated. I think there are an awful lot of people in Iran who feel that that small group of clerics that determine what takes place in that country is not their idea of how they want to live their lives.

I don't think that China and Russia, at the moment, are going to support or even allow a decision to impose meaningful political or economic sanctions against Iran to go through. And that's not necessarily because Russia and China have a strong economic relationship with Iran, but because they fear, I believe, the rapid escalation of this crisis.

Cheetahs in Iran live on a knife-edge in very marginal habitat. The fact that this female has managed to raise four cubs to six months of age is extremely encouraging.

Cheetahs in Iran live on a knife-edge in very marginal habitat, ... The fact that this female has managed to raise four cubs to six months of age is extremely encouraging.