Later on, there were some problems with our navy, so he made me the head of the navy - all things that I hardly knew anything about. I was basically an ignorant young man.

I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.

In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection.

In every war, there are always elements of blindness.

A solution of two national states - a Jewish state, Israel; an Arab state, Palestine. The Palestinians are our closest neighbors. I believe they may become our closest friends.

The Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by sponsoring terror globally. With the ultimate weapon that it is deceptively developing, the regime aims to gain hegemony over the entire Middle East and hold the world's economy hostage.

When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist.