John Kerry actually said...

"the sanctions that have been imposed, the toughest regime ever in the history of our country and in the world, quite frankly, has meant that it is not only--those sanctions not only act as a deterrenc..."

"the question of Iran's relationship with its neighbors and with the world is much on everybody's mind."

"the multilateral phased approach that the Under Secretary so well articulated, is crucial to maintaining that multilateral framework."

"there could not be a more critical challenge in terms of proliferation and questions of terrorism in the region."