Frasi di Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

“I limiti della legge devono essere la guida di ogni nostra azione.”

dal "Discorso di Rafsanjāni per il Qods Day (Giornata di Gerusalemme)", Voce della Repubblica Islamic dell'Iran, Tehran, in lingua farsi, tradotto dal BBC Worldwide Monitoring, trasmissione originale del 4 dicembre 2001

“Chiunque sia familiare con questo tipo di tecnologia, sa che chi ne è in possesso può anche accedere ai passi successivi.”

“Se vi sarà un processo pubblico contro Saddam e Al Qaeda, molte cose saranno rivelate e gli Stati Uniti perderanno la faccia.”

Origine: Citato in L'Iran ha un missile che può colpire l'Europa http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2004/10/06/iran-ha-un-missile-che-puo.html?ref=search, la Repubblica, 6 ottobre 2004.

“Quello che in altri paesi è considerato un trasferimento di poteri, nella Repubblica Islamica è poco più che un trasferimento di responsabilità.”

Origine: Citato in Anche l'Iran nel processo contro Saddam http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2004/07/05/anche-iran-nel-processo-contro-saddam.html?ref=search, La Repubblica, 5 luglio 2004.

“La vittoria contro Saddam è già dolce per i nostri combattenti, ma il piacere di una guerra santa contro coloro che hanno istigato gli iracheni contro di noi, sarà di gran lunga più dolce.”

Origine: Citato in In Iran Rafsanjani lascia il posto a Khatami http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1997/08/04/in-iran-rafsanjani-lascia-il-posto-khatami.html?ref=search, la Repubblica, 4 agosto 1997.

“Il nostro materiale militare è costituito essenzialmente da tecnologia americana, comperata al tempo dello scià e siamo obbligati, nostro malgrado, a continuare gli acquisti di armi statunitensi sul mercato libero, sul quale è presente Israele. Conoscendo le nostre necessità di armi e la sensibilità degli americani in materia di ostaggi, Israele ha tentato di sfruttare la situazione.”

Origine: Citato in Da domani nel Golfo le fregate italiane. Rafsanjani: "attenti" http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/10/03/da-domani-nel-golfo-le-fregate-italiane.html?ref=search, la Repubblica, 3 ottobre 1987.

“Queste tigri di carta che la gente crede siano grosse e tali da non potere essere contrastate, non sono niente… Sono deboli… Rinsaviscono quando noi trattiamo loro come essi trattano noi.”

Origine: Citato in A Teheran divampa la guerra tra ayatollah http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/08/06/teheran-divampa-la-guerra-tra-ayatollah.html?ref=search, la Repubblica, 6 agosto 1987.

“Se ci accorgeremo che i messaggi che gli iracheni ci inviano sono in malafede e servono solo a perdere tempo, riprenderemo a combattere e arriveremo sino a Gerusalemme passando per Bagdad.”

Origine: Citato in Teheran dice 'l'Italia è una tigre di carta http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1986/12/20/teheran-dice-italia-una-tigre.html?ref=search, la Repubblica, 20 dicembre 1986.

“This democracy… The elections in Iraq were held despite the American opposition. It was the will of the Iraqi people and the religious authorities. [The elections] were the result of pressure by Ayatollah Sistani, by the Iraqi religious authorities, and by the fighting forces in Iraq on America. They left the US no choice but to allow the elections.”

Origine: Citato in Rafsanjani. "Con l'Iraq preferiamo l'accordo" http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1984/07/28/rafsanjani-con-iraq-preferiamo-accordo.html?ref=search, la Repubblica, 7 luglio 1984.

Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani: Frasi in inglese

“The possibility of a war under the current circumstances is not far-fetched and there is some evidence for that.”

Rafsanjani: the U.S. Sold Biological and Chemical Weapons to Saddam Hussein. Elections in Iraq Were Held against America's Will http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/560.htm February 2005 2005

“I believe the main solution [referring to the nuclear issue] is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use.”

Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani says Middle East may see a war in the near future http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=12242&sectionid=351020101 (June 6, 2007) 2007

“There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them. I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time.”

Remarks in an interview http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/19/content_444110.htm (May 5,2005) 2005

“Hashemi Rafsanjani: Take Palestine, for example. We give support to the mujahideen in Palestine. Are they Shiites? No, they are Sunnis. Moreover, they are zealous Sunnis. Hamas is zealous with regard to Sunni Islam, but because of their Jihad and resistance, we supply them with aid. Likewise, when we supplied support in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo – were they Shiite? It's not like that. Similarly, in Afghanistan, when we gave supported to the Jihad of the mujahideen, we support all the groups – Sunni and Shiite alike – as much as we could. In the Iraq of Saddam Hussein, many of our Sunni brothers found refuge in Iran, just like the Shiite brothers. In Lebanon as well, we gave support when Israel invaded Lebanese territories and occupied them. We gave support to whoever resisted the Israeli occupation in Lebanon. The late sheik Sa'id Sha'ban, who was a close friend of Iran – was he Shiite? He was a Sunni scholar. It's not like that. It is not part of our plan…”

Remarks in an interview about Iran nuclear program and the United States http://regimechangeiran.blogspot.com/2005/05/rafsanjani-urges-us-to-begin-thaw-in.html (May 19, 2005) 2005

“A large group of Iranians have doubts about last month's (June) disputed presidential election … something should be done about the situation., on the 2009 presidential election.”

Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani: Iran Supports Palestinian and Lebanese "Mujahideen," But Will Not Initiate the Annihilation of Israel http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1470.htm May 2007 2007

“Interviewer: How do you view the fears of the creation of a "Shiite Crescent?"”

Remarks at a Friday prayer http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/10/content_11859213.htm (August 10, 2009) 2009

“Europe resolved a great problem – the problem of the Zionist danger. The Zionists, who constituted a strong political party in Europe, caused much disorder there. Since they had a lot of property and controlled an empire of propaganda, they made the European governments helpless. What Hitler and the German Nazis did to the Jews of Europe at that time was partly due to these circumstances with the Jews. They wanted to expel the Zionists from Europe because they always were a pain in the neck for the governments there. This is how this calamity fell upon the Muslims, especially the Palestinians, and you all know this history, more or less. […]The first goal was to save Europe from the evil of Zionism, and in this, they have been relatively successful.”

2007

“If the Americans attack Iran, the world will change. …They will not dare to make such a mistake”

Excerpts from a Friday sermon on International Jerusalem Day http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1575.htm (October 5, 2007) 2007

“Look, as long as we can enrich uranium and master the fuel cycle, we don’t need anything else. Our neighbors will be able to draw the proper conclusions.”

(2004) Remarks on Iran's new missiles http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9630-2004Oct5.html 2004

“You need diplomacy and not slogans. This is the place for wisdom, the place for seeking windows that will take you to the objective.”

Said to George Perkovich http://irancoverage.com/2007/12/12/the-nie-spin-in-washington-and-tehran/ (2005) 2005

“If one day, the Islamic world is also equipped with weapons like those that Israel possesses now, then the imperialists' strategy will reach a standstill because the use of even one nuclear bomb inside Israel will destroy everything. However, it will only harm the Islamic world. It is not irrational to contemplate such an eventuality. Of course, you can see that the Americans have kept their eyes peeled and they are carefully looking for even the slightest hint that technological advances are being made by an independent Islamic country. If an independent Islamic country is thinking about acquiring other kinds of weaponry, then they will do their utmost to prevent it from acquiring them. Well, that is something that almost the entire world is discussing right now.”

Remarks about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/07/AR2005100701865.html (October 8, 2005) 2005

“What America does all over the world in the name of the war on terrorism, the way in which it plunders the resources of peoples in needy and backwards countries, its aggression in international organizations, which belong to all of the world's peoples, and the inflammatory propaganda it uses in order to undermine other countries – all of these certainly contradict the spirit of the teachings of Jesus. […] Pope's functionaries […]should say to the Americans: Through the crimes you commit you disgrace Jesus, because you use the names of Jesus and the church to win over many votes in the American public.”

"Rafsanjani's Qods Day speech (Jerusalem Day)" http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/2001/011214-text.html, Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, in Persian, translated by BBC Worldwide Monitoring, original broadcast December 14, 2001] 2001

“We want all the Palestinians back in their homeland, and then there can be a fair referendum for people to choose the form of state they want. Whoever gets the majority can rule.”

Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani: The Teachings of Jesus Do Not Exist in Today's Christianity. Popes Ignore America's Crimes http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/640.htm April 2005 2005