Iran, Iraq Stress Need for Immediate Halt to Saudi Aggression on Yemen
Local Editor
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Iraqi President Fuad Masum called for the immediate halt to the Saudi aggression against the Yemeni people, stressing the need for a peaceful solution to the crisis in the country, according to a joint statement in Iran’s capital of Tehran on Thursday.
In a joint statement by Rouhani and Masum in Tehran on Thursday, the two sides urged collective efforts among regional countries to facilitate a political settlement of the crises in the Middle East, without any foreign meddling.
The two presidents also expressed concern over the latest developments in Yemen, which has been the scene of deadly air raids by the Al-Saud regime, calling for an immediate halt to the brutal military campaign against the Arabian Peninsula state.
Rouhani and Masum also said in the statement that any obstruction of the flow of humanitarian aid to Yemen must end, emphasizing the need for the immediate resumption of national dialogue among different Yemeni groups on the formation of a new government based on the Arab nation’s will.
Saudi Arabia began its US-led military aggression against Yemen on March 26 - without a UN mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement, and to restore power to fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a close ally of Saudi Arabia.
According to the latest UN figures, the US-led Saudi military aggression has so far claimed the lives of over 1,400 people and injured close to 6,000 people.
