The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.

The president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be wiped off the map.

Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent.

I think peace should be done not only among governments but among people. It was impossible before the Facebook.

I am a president who also gives pardons. Usually my considerations are humane.

You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress.

They thought that I was a man with reasonable judgment, so I was never under pressure from my parents; I could do whatever I wanted. I never had a negative word from them, nothing whatsoever.