To safeguard his plan, he did not ask for permission, and felt that support by the Iranian leadership was implied.

And we hope that the Iranian leadership will choose the path of working with the international community to abide by its obligations.

Meanwhile, the Iranian leadership has its own set of challenges ahead.

"There needs to be a detailed discussion with the Iranian leadership."

Colonel North later wrote that he was the only link to the Iranian political leadership.

The Iranian leadership may be bad and paranoid but they are not insane.

The Iranian leadership was determined to prevent the growing influence of its northern neighbor.

We would hope that the message to the Iranian leadership is that they need to change their behavior.

The official's candid views appear to be widely shared at the top levels of the Iranian leadership.

This attempt at outreach was rebuffed by the Iranian leadership.