Iran: Saudi Arabia and U.S. must be held accountable for human tragedy in Yemen

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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said Washington's "illegitimate interference and wrong policies" are the root cause of the expansion of terrorism and insecurity in the region.

"Instability, extremism, insecurity and the growth of terrorism as well as other problems and crises in this region are created by the U.S. illegitimate interference and wrong policies," Qassemi said, according to Press TV.

He made the comments after Pompeo claimed in a post on his Twitter account that Iran’s support for Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement "not only enables attacks on Saudi Arabia & UAE, but also risks increasing Yemen's already massive humanitarian crisis."

The Iranian spokesperson reacted to Pompeo's allegations and said such false comments and blame game against Tehran cannot hide the destructive and destabilizing role of the United States, which is "interfering in the affairs of our region from thousands of kilometers away."

The U.S. must answer about its destructive and wrong policies, he added.

Qassemi emphasized that Washington is exacerbating the crises in the region and selling destructive arms to some regional countries on one hand and milking the resources of Muslim countries in the region on the other hand by resorting to different pretexts such as its threadbare policy of Iranophobia.

He said the oppressed Yemeni people, particularly the defenseless and innocent women, children and the elderly, are suffering from the round-the-clock bombardment by the Saudi regime, which enjoys the U.S. government's financial and military support.

The perpetrators and supporters of these war crimes must be held accountable for their criminal acts one day, the Iranian spokesman pointed out.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team