If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.

The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.

To me, AIDS is an international epidemic and every country can be affected by it. Therefore, it can be discussed on an international level. Unfortunately, AIDS doesn't require a visa.

I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's because I'm being secretive or something, but it's actually because I'm ashamed to sum up a film in three sentences.

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.