Iranian women are very courageous and active, even with all the oppression.

In Iran, as in all developing countries, they wanted to copy the outside world, without knowing what was good for our own country.

I was never interested in money. I always looked down on it. But now that I have less money, I see that without money, you cannot do much. Everything in the end is about money.

I always want to remain positive. In our long history, Iran has been invaded by so many other countries and despite it all, the Iranian identity has survived. People are very courageous, especially the women, who are braver than the men.

Iranian women are very courageous and active, even with all the oppression.

You cannot expect a foreign country to be more Catholic than the pope for you.

I hope that things will change, because it's a pity that a country like Iran is not where it should be, or where it has been historically. It's important for Iran, for all of the Middle East, and also for the rest of the world.