Barack Obama Quotes

Iran has never, is not, and will never seek nuclear weapons.

The only good thing I can say about the deal with Iran is that it brought the Arab states and Israel closer together.

If the world powers are not prepared to insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal is signed, at the very least they should insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal expires.

The more patient we are, the closer the Iranians get to a nuclear weapon.

What Korea and the U.S. both ultimately seek to achieve is the dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear program.

The only thing that will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons is regime change in Tehran.

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

Israel is the agent and surrogate of the United States and as such is treated entirely differently from every other country in the region. How can anyone expect Iran to accept that it is right for Israel to have nuclear weapons while itself being disallowed?

Iran is not getting rid of any of its nuclear plants. They're not getting rid of anything.

Everyone knows that Israel has nuclear weapons, but no one is talking about it. The world doesn't want nuclear weapons - not in Israel, not in the Middle East and not anywhere in the world.

The Iran nuclear issue is on top of the agenda. It is a very complicated issue with long history.

The greatest achievement of America in the last 70 years has been the prevention of a post Nagasaki nuclear proliferation.

It is clear that the original idea of the Iranians [to produce nuclear weapons] has been stopped by this agreement.

I support the right of Iran and of any Arab country to have nuclear weapons. This is our right, brothers…. if any Arab country had nuclear weapons at any point in history, America and Israel would have never dared to do what they are doing to the entire Arab nation.

The JCPOA has made the world safer. The deal ensures that Israel does not have to live with the threat of a nuclear Iran in its backyard.

The JCPOA is working - preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. It's time for the Republicans to start working, too.

We're simply trying to say that Congress has a constitutional role to approve any deal, to make sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Not today, not tomorrow, not ten years from now.

The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.

Sanctions did indeed help to bring Iran to the negotiating table. But sanctions did not stop the advance of Iran's nuclear program. Negotiations have done that, and it is in our interest not to deny ourselves the chance to achieve a long-term, comprehensive solution that would deny Iran a nuclear weapon.

I'm prepared to continue doing what we need to do to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.

Unlike Iran, Israel refuses to allow inspections at all, refuses to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty, has hundreds of nuclear weapons, has advanced delivery systems.

Engaging in diplomacy with Iran and putting an end to their nuclear weapons program was the right thing to do.

We need to force Iran to dismantle its nuclear program entirely or face the threat of military force to destroy that program.

Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nations is one of the most pressing U.S. foreign policy objectives.

Until the ayatollahs that run Iran give up the pursuit of nuclear weapons, we cannot and should not ease the pressure on the regime to do so.