Local Editor

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, as well as Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, discussed the crises in Yemen and Syria on Thursday, and underlined the need for finding an immediate political solution to resolving the crises of both countries.

The two deputy foreign ministers held the talks in a phone conversation on Thursday.

Iran and Russia have underlined the need for a political solution to the crisis in Yemen since the beginning of airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition, which have resulted in the death of thousands of people and displaced tens of thousands as well. 

Both Russia and Iran have also underlined the need for a political solution to the crisis in Syria since it first began. 

A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out a military aggression on Yemen by launching airstrikes against the country since March 26 in a bid to restore power to the country’s 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]. Yet, other organizations put the death toll at much higher.