尽管德黑兰和华盛顿政府是战略对手，但用前国务卿亨利·基辛格的话讲 ， “ 像伊朗这样没理由和美国冲突或利益如此一致的国家，全世界恐怕也找不到几个。 ”
While the governments in Teheran and Washington appear to be strategic archrivals, in the words of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, “there are few nations in the world with which the United States has less reason to quarrel or more compatible interests than Iran.”