Mohammad Javad Zarif quotes
Mohammad Javad Zarif is an Iranian diplomat and academic who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran from 2013 to 2021. A key figure in Iran's nuclear negotiations with world powers, he played a crucial role in shaping the country's foreign relations. He remains influential in Iranian politics and international diplomacy. Here are 14 of his quotes:
The United States wanted to send its trained rebel groups to Syria to fight ISIS. Out of twenty-five hundred rebels they had trained, only seventy accepted to go to Syria to fight ISIS. Everybody else wanted to go to Syria to fight the government. So you've got to wake up and smell the coffee. . . . The rebel groups have not fired a shot against ISIS.
Mohammad Javad Zarif
![[He was] good in the classroom. At that time ... I thought he'd play an important part in his country's life. (Mohammad Javad Zarif)](https://cdn.quotesdtb.com/img/quotes_images_webp/39/mohammad-javad-zarif-good-1017339.webp)
He [Zarif] was intelligent, courteous, disciplined, interesting to talk to, I conducted the conversation to educate myself, so I did not try to persuade him [Zarif] of any particular approach, except my basic theme was that, on the basis of national interests, there is no conflict between Iran and the United States. Everything beyond that is ideological.
Mohammad Javad Zarif
Mohammad Javad Zarif
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Occupation: Iranian Public Servant
Born: January 7, 1960
Quotes count: 14
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