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….

We believe that introducing surface-to-air missiles in Syria is going to change the balance of power on the ground. It will allow the moderate opposi….

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….

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….

Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state. These people are criminals. They're psychopaths..

Iran has been a neighbor for millenia, and will continue to be a neighbor for millenia. We have no issue with seeking to develop the best terms we ca….

What we want is stability and security so we can focus on our own development. But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to ….

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….

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….

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….

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 warned when the crisis began in 2011 that unless it was resolved quickly, the country [Syria] would be destroyed. Unfortunately, our warnings are ….

Daesh members wear shoes. Does this mean everybody who wears shoes is Daesh?.

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 ….

There is nothing to encourage. The Iranians should just stay away from us..

I don't think anyone can predict what the short term will look like. In the long term, it will be a Syria without Bashar Assad. The longer it takes, ….

Iran is the only country around the negotiating table that has not been attacked by either al-Qaida or Daesh..

Show me one Iranian diplomat we killed! I can show you many Saudi diplomats who were killed by Iran..

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….