Curry: Why have Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and his wife, Yeganeh, been detained for almost two months? And what is your administration doing to try and resolve their cases?

Rouhani: There are a lot of prisoners in the world, and there are a number of Iranians imprisoned by the Americans. Probably there are people who are in prison in Iran, and of course the people who you named and who you referred to are Iranian nationals, and perhaps there are people detained for security or non-security reasons have been detained within the framework of the Iranian judiciary. They may be investigated, and the judicial process may be completed about them. Are you surprised that a person in the legal procedures have been investigated because of some accusations? I am confident that the Iranian judicial system within the framework of the rules and justice will follow up the cases.

Curry: Can you speak at all to their condition if they are in good condition, or… because their families are very concerned, and one of them is also an American citizen. Can you speak at all to how soon this might be resolved?

Rouhani: What I have been always pursuing as the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran and I always question and I also ask the minister of justice, who is one of my cabinet ninisters, I have always been following up these issues. And of course there is no problem for all the prisoners of Iran. It doesn’t make any difference for us if this prisoner has The Washington Post or this prisoner is working for whichever media outlet. The important thing for us is the laws, rules and regulations, and these regulations will be implemented for all the prisoners. The president is responsible for executing carefully the constitution of our country.