Oil issues in a large, developing country like ours with relatively few of its own reserves, impact upon national security, social stability and the economy's sustainable, fast and healthy development.

He has said for a long time that it's a national security issue, our reliance on foreign oil. We haven't built a new refinery in this country in two decades. I think what's happening here is things are coming home to roost.

He has said for a long time that it's a national security issue, our reliance on foreign oil, ... We haven't built a new refinery in this country in two decades. I think what's happening here is things are coming home to roost.

American dependence on foreign oil threatens our national security,

The national security doctrine of Iran has no place for an atomic bomb. You cannot destroy a country or wipe it off the map through democratic means.

He would never betray his country or compromise its national security.