Interviewer: An American reporter of the Time magazine
Question: [Would Your Eminence take any kind of permanent or temporary legal measure, such as cutting oil, and etc., against a country who accepts Shah in its territories?]
Answer: No, we are not the enemies of the country that accepts him, but he will be legally prosecuted.
Q: [What is Your Eminence's opinion about the press freedom in an Islamic government? Will the press enjoy their freedom of expression after the Shah's departure?]
A: All the press is free, unless their essays are against the country.
Q: [Would you, permanently or temporarily, return to Iran after the Shah's departure? And on the whole what is Your Eminence's opinion in this regard?]
A: I will return to Iran whenever I deem fit and proper; it depends on my own decision.