Gary Samore Quotations

When you talk to Iranians, there seems to be a consensus that Iran needs to have a latent nuclear weapons capability; in other words, an option, ... But there is much less agreement about whether it makes sense for Iran to produce nuclear weapons.

No one can estimate with any precision how long this will take,

On the other hand, if Moscow promised to support referral after another deadline, I'd be willing to accept a short delay.

From what I saw, everything looked like local manufacturing except for some gauges.

I think it is an excellent proposal, but I am skeptical that the proposal would be accepted by the Iranian government.

My trip has gone very well. I've really had a great opportunity to meet people...and this talk was terrific. I'm very happy with the attendance; I got a lot of very good questions; I wish it could have gone on a little longer.

We estimate, if everything goes right, if they throw all their effort into solving their problems, they might be able to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a single nuclear weapon within five years.

Whether it is by consensus or by vote, either way it ends up in New York.

Finally, people from the Bush Administration argue that Iran is not really serious about making any nuclear deal that would require it to give up its nuclear weapons option and that Iran is likely to cheat on any deal in the future.

The tide of opinion in Tehran seems to have shifted.

The most difficult thing for leaders of the intelligence community is to tell the political leadership that they're really not sure, that they really don't have good information and therefore they're in the realm of guesswork,

I hope the EU3 don't compromise. The draft resolution is excellent. We should force the Russians to vote,

In the case of Iraq the quality of intelligence and the analysis of that intelligence was abysmally bad.

It has very few credible options for causing mass casualties.

For their political needs, that would be enough.