Local Editor

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian and the United Nations [UN] Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed met on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing crisis in Yemen, aggravated by Saudi-led military attacks that have continued for more than seven months.

Calling for an immediate end to the foreign military strikes on the people of Yemen and its infrastructures, the Iranian diplomat stressed the need for the resumption of talks among Yemeni groups.

Amir Abdollahian voiced Tehran’s readiness to contribute to the process of talks in Yemen.

For his part, the UN envoy praised Iran’s help in settling the crisis in Yemen via political approaches.

Cheikh Ahmed underlined that Yemen’s disputes can be resolved politically.

Since March 26, a Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out a military aggression by launching airstrikes on Yemen in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to the fugitive former Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Saudi Arabia.

The airstrikes have not been authorized by the United Nations [UN].

Over 2,615 civilians have been killed in the conflict in the last six months, according to the United Nations [UN]. 

According to the Yemeni health ministry, the death toll from the Saudi-led aggression against Yemen so far is more than 6,000, adding that 1,277 of those killed were children.