Iran protests Saudi allegations on Yemen
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Saudi chargé d'affaires in Tehran to protest against remarks by a Saudi military official claiming that Tehran has trained fighters of the Houthi Ansarullah movement in Yemen.
A statement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said the Saudi diplomat was summoned late in the evening to hear Iran’s official protest to the allegations..
A military spokesman for the Saudi-led aggression on Yemen said on Tuesday that Iran has trained Houthi militias to “harm Yemenis.”
“We have evidence that Iran trained Houthi militias on operating fighter jets,” Saudi Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri told reporters.
However, the Iranian Foreign Ministry blasted the remarks in as “incorrect,” saying that Iran still insists that the conflict in Yemen is a domestic issue and the warring sides should try to find a political solution.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the problems and upheavals in Yemen as a merely domestic issue and, while rejecting any resort to force for settling the problems of this country, it insists on political solution,” the statement said.
Nearly 450 people have been killed and some 1,700 others wounded since Saudi Arabia launched its unlawful military aggression against Yemen on March 26. Riyadh’s attack, which has come without a UN mandate, was meant to undermine the Ansarullah movement and restore power to the country’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
Ansarullah fighters took over state matters in January, citing inability of the Hadi administration to properly run the affairs of the country and contain terror and corruption.
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