The Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the internationally recognized government expressed in a statement, on Sunday evening, its strong condemnation of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ statement regarding Yemen, and the “misleading allegations and blatant interference” it contained in Yemeni internal affairs.
The Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Iranian statement represents “an open attempt to provide political and media cover for the terrorist Houthi militias, and to evade the Iranian regime’s responsibility for prolonging the war and deepening the humanitarian tragedy of the Yemeni people,” according to what was reported by the “Saba” agency, in its version run by the internationally recognized government.
The Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that "the Iranian statement reveals the extent of Tehran's public adoption of the coup militias' narrative and its justification for the practices of those militias, in parallel with what the competent Yemeni agencies revealed about the transition of Iranian interference from financing, arming, and training to direct participation in planning and managing operations," according to the ministry.
The ministry said that it "sees this correlation between military support and diplomatic coverage as additional evidence of the nature of the Iranian role in undermining the Yemeni state and threatening the security of the region and its waterways."
The Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected “the Iranian regime’s exploitation of the blood of the victims of the Hadara Market crime in Al-Wazi’iyah District in Taiz Governorate and any other areas, to promote accusations that contradict what the competent Yemeni authorities announce, including their call to conduct independent investigations regarding the Houthi militias’ violations of human rights and international law.”
The Ministry recalled what the Yemeni Ministry of Interior announced “about the presence of 21 foreign experts working with the Houthi militias, including 14 experts from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and 7 experts from Hezbollah. Their tasks include command, control, and management of operations, and work in the fields of ballistic missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic warfare, and smuggling of military components, as well as coordinating naval operations and selecting targeted commercial ships, thus forming an integrated staff that goes beyond training tasks to supervising and managing the operations for which the Yemenis pay the price.” Their lives, security and capabilities,” according to the “Saba” agency.
The Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that Tehran, by arming the Houthi militias and supplying them with experts, enables it to continue its terrorism in Yemen by kidnapping, killing, and terrorizing civilians, bombing cities and civilian facilities, and besieging and starving the population, in addition to repeated attacks on the Kingdom’s lands and shipping and shipping ships in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab.
The Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “This intervention embodies an approach that the Iranian regime has continued to undermine the security of countries in the region by funding rogue groups that dispute with national governments their exclusive powers to monopolize force and decide on war and peace.”
The Yemeni Foreign Ministry stressed that Iran's interest, security, and the future of its relations in the region require respecting the sovereignty of states, building good neighborly relations based on common interests, non-interference in internal affairs, and abandoning the policy of arming its subversive groups.
The Yemeni Foreign Ministry stressed that it is better for the Iranian regime to harness its country’s resources and wealth to improve the lives of the Iranian people and meet their needs for development, services, and job opportunities, rather than squandering them in weapons and smuggling networks and destabilizing the security and stability of the region.
The ministry pointed out that "the Iranian regime did not provide the Yemeni people during the twelve years of war that the Houthi militias ignited with its support, except missiles, suicide planes, bombed boats, and experts of destruction, while the brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia provided invaluable relief, humanitarian and development assistance, as well as countless facilities for Yemeni expatriates whose work and remittances are a support for keeping millions of people alive."
The Yemeni Foreign Ministry's statement stressed that "respecting Yemen's sovereignty begins with stopping arming the militias, withdrawing experts, and ceasing to interfere in the Yemeni national decision, and that Tehran's alleged concern for the lives of Yemenis also requires ceasing to use tools that prolong the suffering and exacerbate the destruction."
The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it condemned the air strikes that it claimed targeted civilian infrastructure and civilian areas in Yemen.
In a statement on Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed “Iran’s principled position that condemns the violation of the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of Yemen,” stressing that the continuation of what it described as “the aggression against the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of Yemen, and the economic and air blockade imposed on it, contradicts international laws and Islamic teachings,” according to what was reported by the official Iranian “IRNA” news agency.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry added that these attacks “constitute a flagrant violation of Article 2, Paragraph 4, of the United Nations Charter and are a flagrant violation of the basic principles of international humanitarian law and a clear manifestation of a war crime,” as it described it.
The Ministry concluded, "The Islamic Republic of Iran indicates that the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen must end as soon as possible through dialogue between the two parties and based on the road map agreed upon between them, and that the requirements for this are the immediate cessation of military attacks, the complete lifting of the siege, and respect for the right of the Yemeni people to self-determination."
