Saudi king urges world to take 'decisive stance' against Iran

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz urged the world on Thursday to take “a decisive stance” to address efforts by Iran to develop nuclear and ballistic missile programs, in an annual address to the top government advisory body.

“The kingdom stresses the dangers of Iran’s regional project, its interference in other countries, its fostering of terrorism, its fanning the flames of sectarianism ... in its efforts to possess weapons of mass destruction,” the king told Shura Council members via videolink.

They were his first public remarks since he addressed the United Nations General Assembly in September via videolink.