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

Some Iranian doctors from Europe and America go to Iran and operate for free or teach medical students there. The other day, I met a gentlemen who is helping to protect wildlife in Iran. It's good that many of them don't forget about their country. It's important.

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

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

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.

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

It's normal that countries work for their own benefit, political and economic.