Iran-Yemen Relations

Iranian president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has hailed Yemeni leaders and people for their courageous support of the Palestinian nation at a time when several countries have refused to take any action to back the Gaza Strip in the face of the Israeli military onslaught.

Iran has provided Yemen’s Ansarullah movement with its first anti-ship ballistic missile named Qadr, Tasnim News Agency reported.

Iran-backed groups in Palestine and Yemen, Hamas and the Houthis, have sent condolences to Tehran over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.

Iran’s permanent representative to the UN Amir Saeed Iravani strongly rejects US claims that the Islamic Republic is supplying arms to Yemen’s Ansarullah movement.

Iran has lashed out at the United States and Britain for levelling groundless allegations against Tehran with regards to the status of the Red Sea and Yemen.

Iran has roundly dismissed as "unfounded" US accusations that Tehran is transferring arms and ammunition to Yemen, stressing that Washington is abusing the UN Security Council podium to pursue its short-sighted political objectives.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has censured a series of missile attacks carried out by the United States and its allies on Yemen, stressing the move portrays Washington’s aggressive and anti-human rights nature.

A number of people gathered outside the British Embassy in Tehran on Friday evening to protest the military raids by the United States and 9 other countries, including the UK, against the positions of the Yemeni Ansarullah movement.

Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, has lauded Tehran’s support for Yemen and its attempts to put an end to the suffering of the Yemeni nation in the face of the Saudi-led war.

Ye5men’s Ambassador to Iran has lauded Tehran’s unflinching support for the Arab country over the years of war. Ibrahim Mohammad al-Deilami has said it was only Iran that stood by the Yemeni people in tough times.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi told Yemen's Chairman of the Supreme Political Council that Tehran keeps on supporting Yemeni people's rights as it did in the past years.

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.