Iran Blasts West for Supporting S. Arabia's War Crimes in Yemen

Rasa - Iran's Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani lashed out at the western states for supporting the human rights violations and war crimes committed by Saudi Arabia against the innocent Yemeni people.

News ID: 425910

Date: 19 December 2016 - 22:15

RNA - "Despite committing all these crimes in Yemen against women, men, the elderly and the youth and embarking on acts which are considered as war crimes based on the international norms, Saudi Arabia is supported by the West," Amoli Larijani said, addressing high-ranking judiciary officials in Tehran on Monday.

"Therefore, we should say that human rights is today an instrument to pressure the independent and right-seeking countries," he added.

Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen since March 2015 to restore power to fugitive president Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed at least 12,800 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children.

Despite Riyadh's claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi bombers are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.

According to several reports, the Saudi-led air campaign against Yemen has drove the impoverished country towards humanitarian disaster.

In relevant remarks today, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi underlined the necessity for Saudi Arabia to halt the military attacks against Yemen, and said Tehran supports talks among Yemeni groups on the settlement of crisis in the war-torn country.

He stressed that Iran has clear stances on Yemen, and said, "We think that foreign interference and aggression has turned the situation in Yemen into its complicated form and situation today."

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