Iran-Yemen Relations

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has rejected French media reports regarding the seizure of Iranian arms shipment bound for Yemen.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stressed the deep and historical bonds between Iran and Yemen, saying the Islamic Republic has always supported the will of the Yemeni people.

Iran’s foreign minister has called for the lifting of the Saudi-led siege on Yemen as a prerequisite for the stability in the Middle Eastern country and the whole region.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said Tehran is ready to dispatch humanitarian supplies, COVID-19 vaccines in particular, to Yemen.

The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs has called for taking practical measures to help establish peace and stability in Afghanistan and Yemen.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian says the international organizations must adopt just stances on developments of Afghanistan, Palestine and Yemen. He made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting deputy Slovakian foreign minister, Ingrid Brockova on Tuesday.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has welcomed an initiative put forth by the UN chief’s special envoy for Yemen to stop military operations for two months and to allow ships carrying food and fuel and to partially reopen the Sanaa airport.

Ali Asghar Khaji, senior advisor to the Iranian foreign minister, has demanded the UN and the international community to intervene in Yemen and end the Saudi-led war on the country and also the inhumane siege of the Yemeni people. 

Iranians staged a demonstration on Friday to voice support for the people of Yemen and to condemn the unending Saudi-led war.

Iran’s Embassy in Islamabad has roundly dismissed claims by a Pakistani newspaper that Tehran assisted the Yemeni army in its recent retaliatory aerial attacks on the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a key party to the Saudi-led coalition waging war on Yemen.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has announced Tehran’s readiness to participate in any initiative that would end the 7-year war in Yemen.

Foreign Minister of the Yemeni National Salvation Government says Iran’s late ambassador Hassan Irloo entered Sana’a when no one was with Yemeni people, and everyone in the world was watching.

People and officials gathered in Tehran to hold the funeral procession for Hassan Irlu, Iran’s ambassador to Yemen. He died of Covid-19. Iran’s foreign minister says Saudi Arabia hindered efforts to take the late ambassador out of Yemen for medical treatment.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has announced that the ambassador of the Islamic Republic to Yemen’s National Salvation Government has passed away after being infected with the coronavirus disease.

Ali Asghar Khaji, a senior advisor to Iran’s foreign minister, has held talks by telephone with Hans Grundberg, the UN secretary-general’s new special envoy for Yemen, as the Islamic Republic of Iran continues consultations on how to resolve the Yemeni crisis.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says the remarks made by a member of the resigned government of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi regarding the killing of an Iranian national in Yemen are basically false.

Sweden's Special Envoy for Yemen Peter Semneby held talks with Ali-Asghar Khaji, the Iranian Foreign Minister's senior advisor in special political affairs, on Monday, July 12, 2021.

The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths met Ali-Asghar Khaji, the Iranian Foreign Minister's senior advisor, to discuss the latest developments in Yemen.

Martin Griffiths, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Yemen, held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on various aspects of the Yemen crisis and the ways to achieve peace and stability in the country.

Ali-Asghar Khaji, a senior advisor to Iran's foreign minister in special political affairs, had a video call with Hussein al-Azzi, the deputy foreign minister of Yemen's National Salvation Government.

The crisis in Yemen was once again on the agenda of the talks between Ali-Asghar Khaji, the senior advisor to the Iranian foreign minister, and Swedish Special Envoy for Yemen Peter Semneby.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with Mohammed Abdul-Salam, a senior negotiator of the Yemeni National Salvation Government, in the Omani capital of Muscat.

The Public Relations Department of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, denied the remarks recently made by Rostam Qassemi in an interview with Russia al-Youm regarding Iran's military assistance and the presence of Iranian military advisors in Yemen.

Ali-Asghar Khaji, a senior advisor to the Iranian foreign minister for special political affairs, has held phone talks with Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the senior negotiator for Yemen’s National Salvation Government.

Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the country welcomes any peace initiative focused on ending the six-year war on Yemen and lifts the inhumane economic siege imposed against the impoverished country.