[In the ante room, under a tapestry of a gorgeous Imam Hussein Muzzaffar Salak (] people call me Ali … Three of the prayer leaders were martyred during the Iran-Iraq war [of the 1980s].

How can you prove you are not a bad person? You can’t prove that.

Our religion prohibits us from having nuclear arms and our religious leader has prohibited it from the point of view of religious law. It’s a closed road,

The Iranian nation expects the French government to make good on the damage inflicted on Tehran-Paris relations in connection with the nuclear standoff,

We believe that we should not give up to bullying in international relations.

Iran’s peaceful technology is the outcome of the scientific achievements of Iran’s youth. We need the peaceful nuclear technology for energy, medical and agricultural purposes and our scientific progress. We will continue this,

They confront us and deal with us in a very harsh and illegal language, but ultimately they need us more than we need them.

The fighting in Palestine is a war between the (whole) Islamic nation and the world of arrogance, … Today, Palestinians are representing the Islamic nation against arrogance.

We believe that it is the right of all member nations to enjoy nuclear fuel and peaceful nuclear technology. We will not accept a scientific apartheid.

The Iranian government will pursue the nation’s rights through patience and wisdom,

But Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo said: ”President Bush’s words this morning were encouraging because they reflect an understanding of the interaction between the developing countries and the developed countries.

Our nuclear activities are fully legal, and they will never be used for military purposes,

When this hurricane occurred we were all were extremely sad,

The Iranian people insist on their legitimate right to develop peaceful nuclear technology and will not move from this right one iota.

We think the era of utilization of force and pressure in international relations has ended. Today, the will of the people will prevail, as it did in the election in Iran.

Powerful Iran is the best friend of the neighboring states and the best guarantor of regional security,

their intentions are bad intentions, their intentions towards us are bad.

Iran understands the concerns of the West over its access to nuclear technology…Iran has taken a confidence building approach,

the last trench of Islam.

relations with the United States are not a cure for our ills.

We understand and we know that their (the Western powers’) intentions are bad. All of our activities have been transparent to the IAEA and we’ve announced many times that because of our religious and cultural...

By unleashing an active diplomacy on its nuclear activities, Iran has effectively neutralized the European and US policies,

A country, which possesses the biggest nuclear arsenal, embarks on proliferation of nuclear weapons in defiance of the safeguards (of NPT) and threatens to use them against others, is not competent to comment on peaceful...

defend the rights and interest of our people and our country … we do not humble ourselves in the poisoned atmosphere created by foreign sources. We will remain strong and vigilant and work to overcome...

Iraq, after the fall of Saddam Hussein, is not considered as a threat to its neighbors and the entire region.

Such accusations will definitely not affect the expansion of relations between Iran and Iraq,

Usually, you cannot prove that sort of thing. How can you prove that you are not a bad person?

Iran is ready to transfer nuclear know-how to the Islamic countries due to their need.

Iran’s strong logic and firm diplomacy is the guideline for all government officials in negotiations on country’s peaceful nuclear program with foreigners, quite resolutely.

weak persons because they are new faces.

My words are the Iranian nation’s words,

a blessing given by God.

In case anyone intends to raise a pretext, they are just after seeking pretexts (to refer Iran’s nuclear case to the UN Security Council),

Unfortunately, a group of bullies allows itself to deprive nations of their legal and natural rights. The Iranian nation is not frightened by the powers and their noise.

Our nation can’t give in to the coercion of some bully countries who imagine they are the whole world and see themselves equal to the entire globe.

Death to America!

the peaceful use of nuclear energy without a fuel cycle is an empty proposition.

[The United States and Israel] are cheeky humans, and they think that the entire world should obey them, … They destroy Palestinian families and expect nobody to object to them.

One of these things is that we will have access to the nuclear supply process.

The system is rapidly losing its efficiency and credibility, … Most former officials are watching in awe. An unknown and inexperienced movement has taken over and their incapability is gradually becoming evident.

As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map,

If they want to destroy the Iranian nation’s rights by that course, they will not succeed.

I heard the same news after I was elected (in June) and quite frankly I laughed at it,

We are very suspicious about the role of British forces in perpetrating such terrorist acts,

There was nothing new, and I just meant Islamic countries should not recognize a regime of terrorist nature,

This is a step forward, but this means that others are to produce the fuel and sell it to us to use and for us to be always dependent on others ? this is outside...

welcomes resuming negotiations on its nuclear program patiently.

We believe that atomic energy is a blessing given by God, … It’s an opportunity. It is a clean energy. It is a healthy energy.

They say that their countries are free but they are lying. They are held hostage by Zionists and the Americans and Europeans should pay for that.

The World without Zionism.