Speaker's Advisor Dismisses Saudi Claims about Iran's Arms Shipment to Yemen

Rasa - Senior Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian rejected as unfounded the allegations raised by the Saudi officials about Tehran's arms shipment to Yemen.

News ID: 429589

Date: 11 May 2017 - 23:32

RNA - Amir Abdollahian made the comments in a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Iran Pang Sen in Tehran on Wednesday.

“Saudi Arabia has contributed to the uncontrolled growth of terrorism in the region by attacking the impoverished Yemen. Therefore, international waters are being threatened by terrorist groups in southern Yemen,” he said.

Amir Abdollahian added that the existing developments in the region have made it clear that wrong military and security approaches are no help to solve complicated regional problems.

Saudi Arabia launched brutal aggression against its Southern neighbor on 27 March 2015 in a bid to restore power to Yemen's resigned president who fled to Riyadh after Yemeni people's uprising in 2015.

Western countries especially the US, Britain are among key suppliers of weapons used by the Saudi regime to commit atrocities and war crimes in Yemen.

Over 14,100 Yemenis, mostly civilians including women and children have been killed during the ongoing Saudi-leg aggression on Yemen.

The Saudi military aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, mosques and factories. This illegal aggression has prompted retaliation from Yemeni forces including launching missile attacks on Saudi military installations in the country’s capital Riyadh.

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