Sayyed Khamenei Denounces Western Media’s Outrageous Silence on Yemen
Local Editor
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Sayyed Ali Khamenei, denounced on Wednesday the Western media blackout towards atrocities committed in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia’s endless bombardment of Yemen.
"The world’s media that are dominated by the US, Britain, and the Zionists sometimes launch a propaganda campaign over an animal’s life while they keep outrageously quiet towards these crimes... such as the bombardment of Yemen these days as well as the past years’ aggression on Gaza and Lebanon," said Sayyed Khamenei.
"What should a dignified person do in the face of such bias and evil", he added.
Despite incessant bombardment of the impoverished country, mainstream media are mostly ignoring the US-backed aggression by Saudi Arabia.
Sayyed Khamenei made the remarks during a meeting with poets and scholars in Iran’s capital of Tehran on Wednesday.
A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out deadly airstrikes in Yemen since March- without a UN mandate.
According to the UN’s latest figures on Monday, 3,083 people have been killed as a result of the current conflict in Yemen and an additional 14,324 people have been injured.
The US-led Saudi military aggression began in an attempt to bring the fugitive former Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a close ally of Saudi Arabia, back to power, and to weaken the Houthi Ansarullah movement which is currently responding to the Saudi attacks on the impoverished country.
