Official U.S. Nowruz Greeting – 2009:
You, too, have a choice. The United States wants the Islamic Republic of Iran to take its rightful place in the community of nations. You have that right — but it comes with real responsibilities, and that place cannot be reached through terror or arms, but rather through peaceful actions that demonstrate the true greatness of the Iranian people and civilization. And the measure of that greatness is not the capacity to destroy, it is your demonstrated ability to build and create.
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Peres offers New Year wishes to Iranians
Jerusalem Post / 21 March 2009
Israel Radio, which operates a channel in Persian, aired the message, also conducting an interview with Peres where he recalled a visit to Iran in the 1970s and recounted his visits to Iranian military bases and praised the “gracious” demeanor of the Shah.
Peres heaped praise on the Iranian people and expressed his belief that they would eventually topple the regime because “leaders who do not serve their constituents are eventually removed.”