Ayatollah Rafsanjani:

Saudi Arabia sows seeds of enmity, grudge in Yemen

Rasa - Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanani says Saudi Arabia is sowing the seeds of enmity and grudge in Yemen as Riyadh proceeds with its brutal aggression against the southern Arabian Peninsula state.

News ID: 2412

Date: 27 April 2015 - 12:34

RNA - Addressing a meeting with Iranian laborers in Tehran on Sunday, Rafsanjani denounced the continuation of Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes against Yemen, which he said, has undermined Muslim's morale.

Saudi Arabia launched its air campaign against Yemen on March 26 - without a United Nations mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and to restore power to the country’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

On April 21, Riyadh announced the end of the first phase of its unlawful military operation, which has claimed the lives of nearly 1,000 people so far, but airstrikes have continued with Saudi bombers targeting different areas across the country in a new phase.

According to Yemen’s Health Ministry, the month-long Saudi aggression has killed nearly 150 children and around 100 women.

Iran nuclear deal achievable

Rafsanjani further pointed to different rounds of talks between Iran and the P5+1 countries on Tehran’s nuclear program, saying a final agreement could be reached.

“Iran is willing and enjoys potential to interact with the world for the expansion of bilateral relations and cooperation,” he said.

The top Iranian official emphasized that a secure Iran will never cause trouble for any country and will even help maintain security in the region.

He recommended Western states to pay attention to remarks by Iranian officials instead of "evil insinuations" of the Zionist regime.

Iran and the P5+1 - the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China plus Germany – reached a mutual understanding on the parameters of a comprehensive agreement over Tehran’s nuclear program in the Swiss city of Lausanne on April 2.

Iran and the P5+1 countries ended the latest round of talks at an expert-level in Vienna, Austria, on April 24. The three-day talks were held with the aim of drafting the text of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) based on the mutual understanding reached in Lausanne.

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