Mitt Romney Iran Quotations

My red line is Iran may not have a nuclear weapon. It is inappropriate for them to have the capacity to terrorize the world. Iran with a nuclear weapon or with fissile material that can be given to Hezbollah or Hamas or others has the potential of not just destabilizing the Middle East.

Iran's nuclearization is the greatest single national security threat America faces.

I respect the right of Israel to defend itself, and - and we stand with - with Israel. We're a - a nation - two nations that come together in - in peace and that want to see Iran being dissuaded from its nuclear folly.

Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea.

Bottom line is President Obama has said that it is a top priority of the United States of America to ensure that Iran never achieves a nuclear.

A nuclear Iran is a - a dramatic and - and devastating potential threat to the world and to America. And - and all our efforts should be focused on making that our first priority or keeping them from having that nuclear capacity our first priority.

We should have communicated to Iran that we are prepared, that we are considering military options. They're not just on the table, they are in our hands.

We must persuade Iran not t have nuclear weapons through peaceful and diplomatic means. We want a peaceful planet.

[T]he greatest threat that the world faces is a nuclear Iran.

What we have said and - and - and with which I concur is that we should use every diplomatic and political vehicle that's available to us to keep Iran from becoming a nuclear capability state.