"I try to forget about the bitter past as I [also] recommend for my fellow countrymen. I do not live in the past, I li…"

"I shall never forget the tears in the eyes of the shah the day we left Iran. In that deserted runway and in the aircr…"

"I think, as a politician, [the exiled shah] had realized that the leaders were after their own political interests an…"

"[Sheltering the shah and his family] was completely out of [President Sadat's] friendship and good human nature as he…"

"Regardless of all the pressures upon them, people are fighting bravely against this suppression. The success of Irani…"

"I have always been fascinated with the arts. When I was in Iran in that position I was constantly concerned with prom…"

"I follow the works of Iranian artists even now, sometimes in Paris or in New York and I am happy Iranian artists are …"

"The picture of today's Iran in the world is terrible, comparing the past and now. I'm happy that few years ago at the…"

"I found the king extremely attractive, naturally endowed as he was with all the intellectual qualities a woman could …"

"The king was not marrying a princess; he was not giving in to the convention of arranged marriages between families o…"