I hope in the end there will be a solution for the world, because we have advanced in so many ways, and still the world has so many different problems.

There are many people inside Iran who say, "We don't have enough to eat. Why do we need a nuclear bomb?"

I believe in freedom for women to have equal rights - the right to work, the right to hold high positions, the right to take custody of their children after divorcing.

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

Fanaticism exists in every religion, whether Christian, Jewish, or Muslim.

I remember I went to an exhibition somewhere and one of the artists, an Iranian lady, said, "I wish we had somewhere that our paintings would stay forever." So this idea came to me. I said, "She's right, we should have a place to keep them, and not only Iranian art works, but also of foreign artists."

There are many Iranians working at NASA. One of the engineers involved with the spaceship that went to Mars is an Iranian.