“Beautiful military equipment don't rule the world, People rule the world. People.”

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

Interview to CNN, January 7, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyH6QmFmeZE
Interview to CNN

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Iranian politician 1960

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