Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Quotes

1934–2017 Iran

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (August 25, 1934 – 8 January, 2017) was an Iranian politician and writer, who served as the fourth president of Iran from 1989 to 1997. He was a member of the Assembly of Experts until his resignation in 2011, and chaired the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran.

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Also known as: Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, Ali-Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Rafsanjani

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The possibility of a war under the current circumstances is not far-fetched and there is some evidence for that.

You need diplomacy and not slogans. This is the place for wisdom, the place for seeking windows that will take you to the objective.

We 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.

If the Americans attack Iran, the world will change. …They will not dare to make such a mistake'

Look, as long as we can enrich uranium and master the fuel cycle, we don’t need anything else. Our neighbors will be able to draw the proper conclusions.

Said to George Perkovich (2005)

I believe the main solution [referring to the nuclear issue] is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use.

A large group of Iranians have doubts about last month's (June) disputed presidential election … something should be done about the situation., on the 2009 presidential election.

For Iran, Israel is viewed as a "one-bomb state," a term coined by former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani.

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