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I have no problem saying that I have differences in policy with the United States. Mohammad Javad Zarif

Saying Problem Differences States No Problem Policy United United States

I have lost every respect for U.S. justice. The judgment by the Supreme Court and the other, even more absurd judgment by a New York circuit court deciding that Iran should pay damages for 9/11 are the height of absurdity. Mohammad Javad Zarif

Justice Respect Judgment Lost Pay Every Other Circuit More Absurd Absurdity New Supreme Supreme Court Court Iran York New York Deciding Height Should Even Damages

If we can ascertain and show to our people that the West is ready to deal with Iran on the basis of mutual respect and mutual interests and equal footing, then it will have an impact on almost every aspect of Iran's foreign policy behavior - and some aspects of Iran's domestic policy. Mohammad Javad Zarif

Respect People Behavior Will Every Our Our People Mutual Impact Some Mutual Respect Almost Footing Equal Policy Deal Ready Foreign Foreign Policy West Iran Domestic Domestic Policy Ascertain Then Interests Aspect Aspects Show Basis

Every statement that comes out of Washington that is not respectful and is trying to intimidate the Iranian people - is trying to put pressure on the Iranian people - strikes that very, very sensitive chord in the Iranian psyche, and they immediately react. Mohammad Javad Zarif

People Pressure Every Strikes Intimidate Statement Respectful Immediately Out Put React Iranian Very Trying Psyche Sensitive Chord Washington

Iran is not in any sort of routine groupings. It's not an Arab country. It's not part of the Indian subcontinent. So it's in a neighborhood where it has some unique characteristics. We are a country which embraced Islam, learned Arabic, but didn't change its language or its culture... That's what keeps us unique. Mohammad Javad Zarif

Change Culture Language Country Islam Neighborhood Characteristics Arab Arabic Indian Embraced Some Part Learned Sort Iran Any Where Which Us Unique Keeps Routine

If you look at the developments in the international scene over the past many years, we haven't been able to resolve many problems and many crises, because we have approached them from a zero-sum perspective. My gain has always been defined as somebody else's loss, and through that, we never resolve problems. Mohammad Javad Zarif

You Problems Perspective Somebody Past Resolve Else Defined Crises Able Scene Through Never Developments Over Look Because Always Been Years Loss Gain Them International Many Zero-Sum

I think the United States, whether you have a Democratic president or whether you have a Republican president, is bound by international law, whether some senators like it or not. Mohammad Javad Zarif

You Law Think President States Some Bound Like Democratic Senators Whether Republican International International Law United United States

Even for defeating extremists, you need more than a military strategy. Mohammad Javad Zarif

You Military Strategy Extremists More Than Even Defeating Need

Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

Me You Business King Nothing Tell Given Headaches Quite Personally

Rumi, who is one of the greatest Persian poets, said that the truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Truth God Thought Mirror Everybody Took Broke Poets Had Piece Fell Looked Pieces Greatest Said Persian Hands Who

There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Border Between Iran Afghanistan

The style depends on the subject. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Style Subject Depends

The question in their minds was, why did the outside world, and particularly the Western world, produce all these landmines, and send them to Afghanistan? This business must be stopped. It's a dirty business to produce such a horrible device. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

World Thinking Destroyed About Had Buddhas Taliban Get Afghanistan

In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9 days of making the film. But you can't say that it's 100% true, because there are places where I've been intrusive and interfered. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

You Say Ways Constantly Intrusive True Days Because Making Real Been Very Where Happening Places Interfered Many Sat Film

I've heard about brothers making films, but I've never heard about whole families making films like this. We didn't intend to do it; it wasn't something that we planned - it just gradually happened. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Films Brothers About Something Never Like Making Heard Families Intend Gradually Just Happened Planned Whole

I'm not playing myself. It's a symbolic situation, where I want to introduce a fascist behind the table. I couldn't have had anybody else do that; for it to be successful, I had to do it myself. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Myself Situation Else Introduce Table Had Behind Anybody Anybody Else Where Want Successful Fascist Symbolic Playing

From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But no such films have been made about Afghanistan, so you really can't know much about it. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

History You Made Sense Society Films About Know Learn Least Been Iran Get Afghanistan Much Really

Five years ago, Samira did not want to continue in the regular school system in Iran. To help her with her education, I set up a home school. It wasn't just for my family, it was open to other friends. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing to participate in the film, and none of the ethnic groups were willing to work together or be together. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

I knew at a young age that I wanted to do comedy, and maybe part of that was trying to fit in at school because I had a weird name, and my parents had these accents, and I was definitely a late bloomer. Nasim Pedrad

I can easily connect with the prepubescent dork I spent much of my life being. Nasim Pedrad

Life My Life Spent Easily Being Dork Much Connect

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