Iranian people from every walk of life held massive protests across the country on Friday to condemn the Saudi regime’s military attacks on Yemen, which have killed hundreds of women and children so far.

The nationwide protests against the Al Saud regime’s onslaughts on Yemen were held in the prayer grounds in the capital, Tehran, and more than 770 other cities following the Friday Prayers.

Chanting various slogans, such as “Death to America”, “Death to Israel” and “Death to AL Saud”, the Iranian worshippers voiced their outrage at the killing of “defenseless and oppressed” people of Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition.

The demonstrators further called on the international bodies, the United Nations in particular, and human rights organizations to immediately react to the “savage attacks” on Yemen and help end the conflicts.

The rallies came as Saudi Arabia announced a five-day ceasefire in the war it has waged against Yemen.

The ceasefire came after several humanitarian organizations criticized the Saudi regime for blocking air, land and sea routes into Yemen.

In one instance of such attempts, fighter jets of Saudi Arabian-led coalition bombed the runway of Sana’a airport on April 28 to prevent an Iranian plane carrying aid cargos from landing in the Yemeni capital.

On March 26, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies began to launch deadly air strikes against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to the fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.

The Saudi-led coalition announced on April 21 that its military operation “Decisive Storm” has ended, but hours later, airstrikes and ground fighting resumed.

According to the spokesman of the Yemeni Army, the Saudi-led war on the Arab country has killed more than 2,000 people, most of them civilians.

A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic will not be deceived by the West’s plot and its “regional rivalry game.”

“The issue of regional rivalry is a colonial thought…which is not accepted by the logic of Islam,” Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani (SNSC) said on Friday.

He added that the destruction of economic infrastructure in Yemen and the prevention of aid delivery to the war-wracked country run counter to Islamic ethics.

The Muslim world would never tolerate “the unwise decisions” by Saudi Arabia’s US-backed ruling family and will hold them to account over their “crimes,” the SNSC secretary said.

Shamkhani further noted that “the alliance” of America and its partners with the al-Qaeda terrorist group in Yemen to counter “the popular will” of the country will remain as a “stain” in history.

Saudi Arabia started its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 – without a UN 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, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh.

The Saudis claim the airstrikes only target military positions. However, reports show civilians and infrastructure in civilian areas are being attacked.

In a recent report, Human Rights Watch said evidence shows Saudi Arabia has used cluster munitions in the northern province of Sa’ada in recent weeks.

Over 1,200 people, including many women and children, have lost their lives in the Saudi airstrikes since March 26.