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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

"We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it."

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"We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it."

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"Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them."

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"I keep forgetting I'm speaking in an American accent sometimes. The dangerous thing is that you end up forgetting what your real accent is after a while! It's really strange; I've never done a job in an American accent before."

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"I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer enemies, but that isn't very difficult."

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"We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big."

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"How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?"

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"The average American's day planner has fewer holes in it than Ray Charles's dart board."

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"So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles, a big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda."

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"I wouldn't have made it past the first round of American Idol auditions. It was months before our first song was recorded. The guys were like, 'Just seeng!' And I was like, 'I don't know how to seeng! Can't I just play the triangle?'"

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Akiroq Brost

"Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial."

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"Regis has a great rapport with the American public."

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"When al-Qaeda was on the run from Afghanistan crossing through Iran, some were arrested and they are imprisoned. Some of them are charged with some actions in Iran."

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"We have no problems with Jews and highly respect Judaism as a holy religion."

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"Each department and institution has its own authorities and responsibilities, and they act on that basis. It is wrong to even compare such actions to what is done in Guantanamo or elsewhere by the Americans. They do not stand on a high moral platform to preach to others."

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"And they said if we help with the crisis, they would do a lot of positive acts. After we helped in those crises, they showed negative acts and the Japanese and Turks were ashamed."

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"We do not trust the goodwill of the U.S. They have cut the ties."

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time."

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"Goodwill can be indicated in various ways. I raised that particular example because at that time I was in charge. Today, I'm not in a position to present other possibilities."

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it."

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"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."

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States."

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