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Iran strongly condemned on Tuesday the Saudi-led airstrike that seriously damaged a Development Program office of the United Nations [UN] in Yemen, reiterating Iran’s call for the cessation of the Saudi aggression against the impoverished country.

"Saudi Arabia’s attacks on the infrastructure and non-military targets, as well as the killing and injuring of civilians [in Yemen] constitute a blatant and continuous violation of human rights," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham, said on Tuesday.

Afkham expressed concern over the deterioration of humanitarian situation in Yemen, calling for the facilitation of the delivery of humanitarian aid to Yemen. 

She also said that international conventions require countries to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid by UN organs to war-stricken people.

Saudi war jets targeted the office of the UN Development Program in the southern city of Aden in Yemen on Sunday.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon deplored the airstrike by Saudi Arabia on the UN compound in Yemen, and urged a full investigation into the airstrike. 

"The secretary general urges a full investigation into this incident and that anyone found to be responsible for any breaches be held to account," a deputy spokesman for the UN chief, Farhan Haq, said on Monday.