Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances, Iran is going to get between $50 to $55 billion in oil revenue, which is unheard of in the history of the revolution.

It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.

I have spent six years in prison, the last six years. Even if I was outside the prison, how much actual space was there for an investigative journalist to do his work in Iran? But I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.

Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.

I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.

You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.

The solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.