Iran-Yemen Relations

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has voiced his "shock and disgust" over a Saudi Arabian airstrike on a Yemeni funeral.

Iran has dismissed the claims by the United Arab Emirates that the Islamic Republic is arming Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah fighters, urging regional states to remain vigilant against warmongering policies.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied a Saudi daily’s report that an Iranian deputy minister has made a short trip to Yemen’s capital of Sana’a earlier this week.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman denied the claims made by a US official that a missile used by Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah fighters to destroy an Emirati military vessel was made by Iran.

Iran has dismissed the claims made by Saudi Arabia that Tehran is arming Yemen’s Ansarullah movement fighting back the Riyadh regime's 17-month-long military aggression against the impoverished country.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a Saudi-led aerial attack on a residential area in Yemen’s Hudaydah province that killed scores of civilians, saying the continued policy of certain countries to sell arms to Saudi Arabia has encouraged the regime to keep pounding Yemen.

Iran has dismissed Saudi Arabia’s “unfounded and undocumented” allegation that the Islamic Republic is funneling arms into Yemen.

Iran’s foreign minister has categorically denied the US claims that Tehran ships arms to Yemen, saying Washington itself knows better which international parties spread terrorism throughout the world.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi strongly condemned a new wave of bombing of Yemen’s residential areas and civilians by Saudi jets, urging international response to such crimes against humanity.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian voiced Tehran’s support for the upcoming start of negotiations in Kuwait to end a deadly war in Yemen and restore peace to the crisis-hit country.

Saudi Arabia’s airstrike targeting the Iranian embassy in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, was a premeditated state-sponsored act of war which runs counter to all international regulations, says a senior Iranian lawmaker.

A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic is set to submit a report to the United Nations over the Saudi air raid on Tehran’s mission in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari on Thursday strongly denounced a rocket attack by the Saudi regime on the Iranian embassy in Yemen’s capital, stressing that the move was an “intentional” act by Riyadh that runs counter to international laws.

Spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari said some officials in neighboring Arab countries do not know any other excuse other than blaming Iran for justify their destructive policies.

Iran is ready to help with the resumption of national dialogue in Yemen, Amir Abdollahian said in a phone conversation with Ismail Ould Cheikh.

Iran has offered the necessary help for Yemen so far and will continue to do whatever it can in the advisory dimension, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said.

Attacks on residential areas, schools, and hospitals are in flagrant violation of humanitarian laws and rules, deputy foreign minister Amir-Abdollahian said.

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council called on the international community to seek a political solution to the Yemen crisis.

Unilateral approaches, support for the invasion of Yemen and attacks on the civilians and Yemen’s infrastructure will not bring about peace and stability to the country, Araghchi said.

She said the innocent people of Yemen are falling victim to attacks by both terrorists and the Saudi-led coalition.

The attack was against international regulations supporting the immunity of diplomatic missions in other countries, Afkham said.

A military approach will harm the atmosphere created for UN-sponsored talks among Yemeni groups, said Hossein Amir Abdollahian.

Iran’s ambassador in Sana’a has home just for a few days for medical examinations, Amir-Abdollahian said.

All sides should focus on finding a political solution to the conflict in Yemen, said Amir Abdollahian, stressing that use of force would certainly fail to resolve the crisis.

In a meeting with the visiting Chairman of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Deputy FM Sarmadi deplored as “unacceptable” the politicization of aid supplies to Yemen.