The American government must finally learn lessons from the past.

I know that DER SPIEGEL is a respected magazine. But I don't know whether it is possible for you to publish the truth about the Holocaust. Are you permitted to write everything about it?

The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country.

Aggression, occupation and a repetition of the Holocaust won't bring peace. What we want is a sustainable peace. This means that we have to tackle the root of the problem. I am pleased to note that you are honest people and admit that you are obliged to support the Zionists.

The days are gone when a country can issue orders to other peoples. Today, mankind needs culture, ideas and logic.

I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.

And God willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the United States and Zionism.