Birth: February 1, 1962
We have no interest in seeing an unstable Yemen or seeing a Yemen that is devastated..
We have a war against Daesh (the Islamic State, or IS) in Syria. A coalition that was led by the United States, with Saudi Arabia being one of the fi….
Bashar Assad has said many things. We will see in the near term whether he is serious about a political process..
We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces. All of this, however, is still in the discu….
I don't believe in the theory that the United States is reducing its presence in the Middle East. Quite the contrary, in the Gulf, we see an increase….
Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state. These people are criminals. They're psychopaths..
Other than our disagreement over Syria, I would say our relationship with Russia is very good and we are seeking to broaden and deepen it. Twenty mil….
The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted. We had no other option - there was a radical militia allied with Iran and Hezbollah that took over the ….
We have a legal system, and this is not something that happens all the time. We have capital punishment. America has capital punishment. Iran has cap….
We support any deal that denies Iran nuclear weapons, that has a continuous and robust inspection mechanism and that has snap-back provisions in case….
After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism. Iran began a policy of expanding its revolution, of interfering with the aff….
It seems people don't read or listen. Our scholars and our media have been very outspoken. We were the first country in the world to hold a national ….
Iran is the only country around the negotiating table that has not been attacked by either al-Qaida or Daesh..
We have always said there are two ways to resolve Syria, and both will end up with the same result: a Syria without Bashar Assad..
There is a political process which we are trying to achieve through what is called the Vienna Group. That involves the establishment of a governing c….
If, as we decided in Munich, there will be a cessation of hostilities and humanitarian assistance can flow into Syria - then this will open the door ….
We don't tolerate terrorism. We go after the terrorists and those who support them and those who justify their actions..
Is Russia worried that defeating Daesh will open the door for defeating Bashar Assad? That would be a different story. But I don't think World War II….
Should the political process not work, there is always the other approach..
Just like we respect your legal system, you [europeans] should respect our legal system. You cannot impose your values on us, otherwise the world wil….
You cannot lecture another people about what you think is right or wrong based on your value system unless you're willing to accept others imposing t….