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“The Islamic Republic of Iran is the manifestation of true democracy in the region. The discourse of the Iranian nation is focused on respect for the rights of human beings and a quest for tranquility, peace, justice and development for all through monotheism.”
“Iran is the country of the poorest of the poor and the richest of the rich. The lot of the majority of people in Iran has not moved forward even an inch during the last fifty years of the Pahlavi dynasty's reign, though the seven-year-old middle-class boy of fifty years ago, namely, the present Shah of Iran, has grown to be one of the richest men on earth.”
“Where are your valiant warriors and your priests? Where are your hunting parties and your feasts? Where is that warlike mien, and where are those? Great armies that destroyed our country's foes? ... Count Iran as a ruin, as the lair of lions and leopards! Look now and despair!”
“I do not like the fashion of your garments. You’ll say they are Persian; but let them be changed.”
“The Persians ruled for a thousand years and did not need us Arabs even for a day. We have been ruling them for one or two centuries and cannot do without them for an hour.”
“Persia consists of two parts: a desert with salt, and a desert without salt.”
Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.
Iran, oficialmente a República Islâmica do Irã, e historicamente conhecida como Pérsia, é um país na Ásia Ocidental. Faz fronteira com o Iraque a oeste, Turquia, Azerbaijão e Armênia a noroeste, o Mar Cáspio ao norte, Turcomenistão a nordeste, Afeganistão a leste, Paquistão a sudeste, e o Golfo de Omã e o Golfo Pérsico ao sul. Com uma população de mais de 92 milhões, o Irã ocupa a 17ª posição globalmente tanto em tamanho geográfico quanto em população. É dividido em cinco regiões com 31 províncias. Teerã é a capital da nação e a maior cidade e serve como seu principal centro econômico.
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