Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Quotes on Countries (12 Quotes)

The host country should not enjoy any right or privilege over the rest of the membership and the organization and its headquarters must be easily accessible for all,

Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats.

I said I'll do every thing in order to uphold our national interest, ... One of these things is that we will have access to the nuclear supply process. We don't want to be at war with the world, as you see they're trying to impose their will on our country. I have no worries about all that. We will have peace, prosperity and the nuclear supply cycle.

We will negotiate with all the countries who want to negotiate and I should make it clear that many countries are willing to hold talks with Iran just as they did in New York,

From the very beginning, the West has been against scientific progress and economic growth in our country. They do not want to see our young generation gain access to nuclear fuel technology.

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 use of nuclear know-how by other states,

For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean balanced relationships, based on mutual respect and observation of each other's rights.

The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country.

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.

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

Accusing a country without documents will have negative impact on relations between Iran and Britain,

I don't know why some countries do not want to understand the fact that the Iranian people do not tolerate force.