“We need an alternative. In the end, they [the US and the West] are not punishing Iran. They are punishing us, small countries.”

— Mahinda Rajapaksa

On the United States' and European Union's combined sanctions against Iran, as quoted in The Hindu, "U.S. move hits small nations: Rajapaksa" http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-move-hits-small-nations-rajapaksa/article2847388.ece, January 31, 2012.

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