Malcolm Moore, Pope avoids Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Daily Telegraph, London, 1º giugno 2008. URL consultato il 15 giugno 2009.
«Relations between Iran and the Holy See are warming, and Mr Ahmadinejad said the Vatican was a “positive force for justice and peace” in April after meeting with the new nuncio to Iran, Archbishop Jean-Paul Gobel. Benedict is also thought to have the support of several leading Shia clerics, including Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Iraq.»
