Iran Says It Wants Good Relations With Saudi Arabia, U.A.E.

Iran says it needs great relations with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and their partners, and it approached them to end their harsh question with Persian Gulf neighbor Qatar. 

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on May 1 said that Tehran has “extremely good relations with Qatar, Kuwait, Oman."

"We hope to have the same type of relations with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates," Zarif told reporters at the Asian Cooperation Dialogue in Doha.

Shi'ite-drove Iran and Sunni-lion's share Saudi Arabia are severe opponents as they go after impact in the locale. They are likewise engaged with what has been named an "intermediary war" by supporting restricting sides in Yemen's lethal common war. 

Riyadh severed relations with Tehran in 2016 after dissenters irate at its execution of a top Shi'ite pastor set flame to its conciliatory missions in Iran. 

In 2017, Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E., Bahrain, and Egypt propelled a discretionary and exchange blacklist of Qatar. The nations blame Qatar for supporting psychological warfare, which it denies, and state it was floating excessively near Iran.

"We…hope that countries within the [Gulf Cooperation Council] could resolve their differences peacefully,” Zarif said. "We were against pressure on Qatar. We still believe that pressure on Qatar is against international law."

Meanwhile, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulrahman al-Thani called for "dialogue" between Iran and the United States to resolve the disputes between the two countries.

Washington has imposed a series of financial sanctions on Tehran, accusing it of attempting to develop nuclear weapons and of fomenting extremist violence in the region. Tehran denies the charges.

"We urge the parties of the crisis -- Iran and the United States -- to sit around the table and find sustainable solutions...because the region can't bear more crises," the Qatari diplomat said.