“Things were not perfect, but most Iranians recognize now that at least we were moving forward, and Iran’s international status reflected this.”

—  Reza Pahlavi

As quoted in Cnaan Liphshiz. Obama ‘chickened out’ of confronting mullahs http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=272989. The Jerusalem Post. July 6, 2012. <br class="br">Interviews, 2012

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