Spokesman:

Iran's Yemen Policies Remain Unchanged

Rasa - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi condemned the Saudi-led coalition's continued aggression against the Yemeni people, stressing that Tehran's position and policy on Yemen is irrevocable.

News ID: 438419

Date: 25 June 2018 - 13:28

RNA - "Iran's policy on the crisis in Yemen was clear since the very first day and we have not changed our positions on Yemen. We condemn the coalition's aggression and hope that the international community would understand the Yemeni people's hard conditions more than before and endeavor to end aggression against these people," Qassemi told reporters in a press conference in Tehran on Monday.

He added that Iran has tried to contact different states and international bodies to find a way to end the aggression and send humanitarian aid to the Yemeni people.

According to Fars News Agancy, the statements by the Iranian foreign ministry presser came after US President Donal Trump's claims in recent weeks that Iran has dropped its earlier policies in the region, including in Yemen, in the last three months, specially as a result of his toughening stance that included abrogation of the 2015 Nuclear Deal.

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 17,000 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 driven the impoverished country towards humanitarian disaster, as Saudi Arabia's deadly campaign prevented the patients from travelling abroad for treatment and blocked the entry of medicine into the war-torn country.

Yemen is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis with more than 22 million people in need and is seeing a spike in needs, fuelled by ongoing conflict, a collapsing economy and diminished social services and livelihoods.

A UN panel has compiled a detailed report of civilian casualties caused by the Saudi military and its allies during their war against Yemen, saying the Riyadh-led coalition has used precision-guided munitions in its raids on civilian targets.

847/940