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Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, slammed on Saturday the existing silence on crimes which are being perpetrated against the Yemeni nation, saying that such inaction will merely promote terrorism.

Abdollahian said that supporting or remaining tight-lipped in the face of the crimes against humanity in Yemen will only contribute to the spread of terror threats.

He further vowed that Tehran will continue to send humanitarian aid to Yemen through international organizations.

Abdollahian also pointed to the necessity of preventing the escalation of conflict in Yemen, emphasizing the need for a political solution to the crisis in the impoverished country.

He said that the warmongering policies in the violence-wracked country are doomed to fail, adding that, "Those sides which seek to stoke unrest and civil war in Yemen are not aware of the unfavorable consequences of [their policies] for regional security."

Moreover, he called on all internal, regional and international players to support UN Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed’s efforts to facilitate a "fair political agreement" aimed at ending the conflict in Yemen.

The comments come as Saudi warplanes continue to bomb Yemen, targeting civilians and destroying the country’s infrastructure. 

Saudi Arabia has also imposed a blockade on the flow of relief aid into the war-ravaged country.

A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States launched a military aggression against Yemen on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to the country’s fugitive former Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Saudi Arabia.

The ’civilian’ death toll in Yemen has risen to at least 1,916, with another 4,186 civilians wounded since the escalation of the conflict in March, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [OHCHR] reported recently this month.