What happened in the region in the last 30 years is not the Middle East. After the Iranian revolution in 1979, people wanted to copy this model in different countries; one of them is Saudi Arabia. We didn't know how to deal with it. And the problem spread all over the world.
Iran believes that before Imam Mahdi reappears, it must prepare a fertile ground for him and that it must control the Muslim world.
Iran's goal is to gain control of the Two Holy Mosques.
The Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated media outlets in Egypt tried to sour the ties between our two countries, but our ties are very strong. No negative stance has been taken by either side against the other. Rumors are being spread by the enemies of our two countries. We pay no attention to them.
We will not allow our country ever to be at the mercy of commodity price volatility or external markets.
We have developed a case of oil addiction in Saudi Arabia.
People used to be unhappy that files and data of Aramco are undeclared, unclear, and not transparent.
If Saudi Aramco is listed, then it must announce its statements, and it will do that every quarter. It will be under the supervision of all Saudi banks, all analysts, all Saudi thinkers. Even more, all international banks and research and planning centres in the world will monitor it intensively.
The journey towards restoring balance to markets, led by the kingdom, is proving successful despite the challenges.
