We warned when the crisis began in 2011 that unless it was resolved quickly
ADEL AL-JUBEIRThere is a political process which we are trying to achieve through what is called the Vienna Group.
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Like Russia, we have an interest in fighting radicalism and extremism.
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After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism.
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Then I tell them: Don’t keep attacking us as you have done for the last years.
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Iran has been a neighbor for millenia, and will continue to be a neighbor for millenia.
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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 their value system on you.
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Should the political process not work, there is always the other approach.
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So we responded, as part of a coalition, at the request of the legitimate government of Yemen, and we stepped in to support them.
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Iran began a policy of expanding its revolution, of interfering with the affairs of its neighbors
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Should we stand by idly while this happens at our doorstep, in one of the countries in which al-Qaida has a huge presence?
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The whole world was saying that the countries of the regions should step up and resolve their problems, so we stepped up.
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The Iranians should just stay away from us.
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It is important that Bashar leaves in the beginning, not at the end of the process.
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But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to resolve them.
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Iran hangs people and leaves their bodies hanging on cranes.
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These people are criminals. They’re psychopaths.
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