“The South Pars Gas Field houses 8% of all the world’s and 40% of Iran’s total gas reserves. Its development is therefore a top priority in Iran’s economic, social and cultural development plan.”

“There is not one accomplished economy that has taken any road other than that of free, competitive economy. Allowing such a free system does not mean a Westernization of economy.”

“The way toward globalization is developing the capabilities which are of value to the world. If a country possesses low-priced energy and labor force, there is no reason why it cannot compete in some fields with others.”

“International companies can bring a lot of expertise to Iran. Everywhere in the world competition has benefited both companies and countries and the case of Iran will be no exception.”

“What we try to tell the whole world is that we are part of the global team for turning competition into cooperation. The new vision of NPC is coming to a collective wisdom of where and how we can best cooperate.”

“Purchase of equipment must be used as a tool to bring in the technology of manufacturing our required parts. Large sums of forex will be saved by locally manufacturing only 10-12 items of NIOC’s most frequently-needed equipment.”

“The CBI must not engage itself in executive operations. You cannot introduce an open market and attract foreign investment and at the same time talk about a strong, centralized banking system which does all the controlling.”

“We should first adopt appropriate policies within our economy. It is possible that we are not practicing the policies which the world believes we are, and this could turn into an obstacle in the way of emergence of an activity.”