Iran said Yesterday that it was waiting for a change in Saudi Arabia's behavior as the contacts between the two countries continue, official IRNA News Agency reported.
"Saudi Arabia must decide whether to continue to use this boring rhetoric and discourse of the past and not to change its behavior, or to distance itself from expansionist and belligerent policies," Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry, said in a weekly press briefing for journalists.
Khatibzadeh's comments came when asked about the remarks of Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan on May 18 that he was hopeful for talks with Iran.
On the other hand, Saudi Foreign Ministry official said that talks between the Kingdom and Iran aim to reduce regional tensions, but added it was too early to judge the outcome.
"We hope they prove successful, but it is too early, and premature, to reach any definitive conclusions. Our evaluation will be based on verifiable deeds, and not proclamations.”
Saudi policy had been explained very clearly by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who last month said that while the Sunni Kingdom has a problem with Tehran’s “negative behavior” it wanted good relations with Shiite Iran.
Tensions between Riyadh and Tehran have festered over the Yemen war, where an Iran-aligned Houthi group has increased attacks on Saudi Arabia.
Global powers are trying at talks in Vienna to bring the United States and Iran back into full compliance with the deal. Saudi Arabia has urged them to reach a stronger accord.
US president Biden said he believed the Iranians were approaching the talks seriously. "But how serious and what they’re prepared to do is a different story,” Biden said.
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