Mohsen Makhmalbaf Quotes

Ecuador has about 700 kilometers of border with Colombia, and a lot of it is impenetrable jungle.

Maybe some Ukrainians would like to have Sweden or Canada for a neighbor, but we have Russia.

Afghanistan is a land-locked country.

Since ancient times, people from throughout Asia have brought to Japan their talents, knowledge and energy, helping to lay the basis for Japan's existence as a country.

My guide had a copy of Palestine on my last trip to Gaza. He'd bring it out and show people what I was trying to do. That usually went over pretty well.

We were impressed with the size and scope of the Persian Gulf as we traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan.

A nation cannot choose its neighbors.

Our geographical position wills it that we have Germany for a neighbor.

We in Colombia always hope for Venezuela to prosper.

Middle Eastern Muslim countries are not only important for Afghanistan due to common culture and faith, but also because of economic benefits.

I would like go to Palestine and interview people there about what their lives are like; same thing in Iran.

We Europeans have a long tradition of cultural and economic relationship with Iran.

I was born in Guyana, South America.

As I got older, I had more experience with borders. Some literal - living in the dramatically blue misty mountains on the line between North Carolina and Tennessee, and living in California - home to expats, transplants, and refugees from both sides of innumerable borders.

A nuclear armed Iran makes the world less safe, less stable, less secure.

If I look at the really important questions in [Middle East] region, I see Iran, where there is a strong desire for a freer society and where people are repressed by a small group of ayatollahs. I see Syria, where we can see a similar desire of the people to be free. These two countries fund Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations and are hurting our efforts in Afghanistan and have been extremely harmful in Iraq. Then I also see large, important countries such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

I love crossing borders.

I like geography. I think I know every country in the world. If someone from another country plays for my team, I will know where he is from.

Even when you just hear the word 'Syria,' it packs a lot of political connotations.

My parents were engineers. In the 1970s, they came to the United States as refugees from Uganda. Seeing everything this country did for my family inspired me to want to give back through public service.

I've made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave.

Iran's stance has always been clear on this ugly phenomenon (Israel). We have repeatedly said that this cancerous tumor of a state should be removed from the region. No one will allow a bunch of thugs, lechers and outcasts from London, America and Moscow to rule over the Palestinians.

Every time, every time a tourist or an immigrant or a refugee shows up in another country there's a security risk.

Iran may have attacked ISIS. Do you know how long it's been since I have been able to wear my "Go Iran" T-shirt?

Iran is an island of stability in a turbulent corner of the world