The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial.

No, we did not do this, and we are not with you.

The Iranian leaders describe the American government exactly the way American analysts describe the Iranian one, as an opaque, factionalized system with competing power centers, over which the president exercises very limited authority.

In order to threaten Iran, you [America] say that you can secure the energy flow in the region. You are wrong. Beware that if you make the slightest mistake over Iran, the energy flow through this region will be seriously endangered. You will never be capable of providing energy security in this region. You are not capable and you should know this.

The vote, cast in a free atmosphere and with all inclinations and parties at present, was after all a vote to the Islamic Republic, to national independence, to the Constitution and to the Islamic causes.

The Americans are stuck in Iraq and have no way out. They are like a wolf whose tail has been caught in a trap.

The Islamic Republic is proud to be the target of the rage of the world's greatest Satan.