Iran shows what is needed to bring peace to the Arabian Peninsula and responds to the presence of its experts in Yemen

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ismail Baghaei, stated the requirements for “bringing peace” to the Arabian Peninsula as the Houthi group, supported by Tehran in Yemen, continues to target the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This came in a blog post by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Thursday, where Baghaei said: “Bringing peace to the Arabian Peninsula requires stopping military attacks, respecting the right of the Yemeni people to self-determination, ending the sea and air blockade imposed on Yemen, and holding a dialogue based on the road map agreed upon between the Yemenis and Saudi Arabia.”

Baghaei added: “The Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to provide any assistance.”

Regarding reports of the presence of Iranian military experts in Yemen, the ministry stated in a separate blog post: “Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei strongly denies the allegations circulating regarding the presence of Iranian military experts in Yemen and said: ‘The Yemeni people have proven that they possess the capabilities, expertise, courage, and will necessary to defend their national sovereignty and human dignity, and they do not need the intervention of any party in this way.’”

The Minister of the Interior of the internationally recognized Yemeni government, Major General Ibrahim Ali Haidan, revealed in statements, on Tuesday, “the presence of (21) foreign experts working with the terrorist Houthi militia, including (14) experts from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and (7) experts from the Lebanese terrorist Hezbollah,” noting that “the nature of their tasks reveals the evolution of external intervention from financing, arming and training to direct supervision and participation in planning and managing operations and building the military capabilities of the Houthi militia.” In parallel with political, organizational, social and media activities aimed at consolidating long-term influence and building loyalty structures and networks to make Yemen outside its Arab environment.”

Haidan explained in a statement issued by the Ministry of Interior that “these experts are distributed among 6 Yemeni governorates (eight in Hodeidah Governorate, 4 in Sana’a Governorate, 4 in Saada Governorate, 2 in Hajjah Governorate, 2 in Amran Governorate, and one in Al-Khawkhah) and that the experts’ specializations include operations management, command and control, ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, monitoring and communications systems, electronic warfare, supply networks and smuggling of military components, in addition to coordinating naval operations and selecting targets.” Commercial ships, developing explosive boats, engineering self-propelled submarines, and training members in planting mines and military tactics for siege and urban warfare, and that this list is led by a soldier from the Revolutionary Guard who appears in front of the camera as an ambassador for a country that claims to respect international law, a general supervisor of operations, a strategic advisor, the director of the joint operations room, and senior and medium-ranking officers specialized in drone workshops and smart and ballistic missiles, naval experts, and specialists in radars, communications, and electronic warfare.”