Broadcast 5 March on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN)

Announcer: Iran and Saudi Arabia are two important nations in Iran and in the Middle East, each with its own realm of influence in the Arab and Muslim nations. Clearly the high potential of these two nations plays a basic role in setting and advancing the overall goals of the Muslim world, in such a way that the West, and especially America, has always tried to block cooperation and unity between these two leaders of the Muslim world.

In other words America has tried to achieve its objectives by creating pessimism between these two neighbor nations.

Political Affairs Expert Amani: Naturally, in the Persian Gulf and Middle East regions there are nations with varying tendencies and ethnicities. Of course their areas of disagreement, whether natural or institutionalized, are used by the imperialist powers who have penetrated and influenced this region previously.

They want to make use of all the divisons, sometimes between Arabs and Persians, sometimes between Shia and Sunni, sometimes between Persian Shias and Arab Shias, and the various ethnicities such as the Turks, the Kurds, the Arabs, the Persians, and the Turkomans. They want to use all of these things!

Announcer: Unity between Iran and Saudi Arabia could increase their bargaining power in the framework of OPEC cooperation, and reduce American influence. Accordingly America tries in various ways to portray Iran to Saudi Arabia as an enemy.

In this regard, the Islamic Republic of Iran's peaceful nuclear program and also the accusation of creating a Shia crescent in the region have consistently been presented by the West as a threat to the nations on southern the Persian Gulf littoral, and especially Saudi Arabia. Yet Iran's real policy is built on cooperation and unity in the Muslim world.

Political Affairs Expert Mohtashemi: An effort must be made to make Islam the common religion of the inhabitants of the Middle East and this must be used as a very important tool for Iran and Saudi Arabia to create stability and security in the Middle East. If basic mutual understanding and cooperation are achieved between Iran and Saudi Arabia, naturally the ethic and religious differences in the Middle East will be reduced.

Announcer: In any case, despite all the West's stone-throwing and sabotage, the two nations of Iran and Saudi Arabia are taking steps towards greater alignment. Mutual cooperation between these two nations, as two influential powers in the Muslim world relations, will help solve the crises in Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon. This will thwart Western plots and be a step towards achieving the interest of the nation of Islam.

Amani: The two nations Iran and Saudi Arabia, in addition to being Iraq's neighbors, are situated on the north and south sides of the Persian Gulf and can monitor stability and security in this region. Definitely, cooperation between these two, and the alignment that has been sought between them for two decades, can have a very important influence both in the region and in other Muslim nations.

Ultimately, some of the nations in the region are outstanding, and relations between some of the region's large outstanding nations can be an example for other nations to abandon their minor disagreements.

Mr. Ahmadinejad's trip to Saudi Arabia will definitely help achieve this alignment, and according to reports in the region, the nations there will welcome this alignment and see it as profitable, because it will reduce tension in the region.

Announcer: To reduce mutual concerns, the nations of Iran and Saudi Arabia must expand their cultural relations more than ever, and the clergy and religious scholars from the two nations must raise the level of their interactions. On the other hand, they must provide aid to the government of Iraq for fighting terrorists.

In addition to this, reinforcing democratic and populist institutions, which will help stabilize this nation's lawful government, is a way to achieve greater alignment between Iran and Saudi Arabia in regional relations.

A point worth mentioning is that achieving as much alignment and unity as possible between these two nations in the region and in the Muslim world can bring about increased alignment in the Muslim world and thwart enemy plots.