The important matter is freedom. When the people choose what they want, it is good for them and for us.
Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniWe want all the Palestinians back in their homeland, and then there can be a fair referendum for people to choose the form of state they want. Whoever gets the majority can rule.
Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniThis democracy... The elections in Iraq were held despite the American opposition. It was the will of the Iraqi people and the religious authorities. [The elections] were the result of pressure by Ayatollah Sistani, by the Iraqi religious authorities, and by the fighting forces in Iraq on America. They left the US no choice but to allow the elections.
Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniIran is determined to use peaceful nuclear technology and no intimidation or threat can make us give it up.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani