Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Marziyeh Afkham, strongly condemned on Saturday the recent aerial attacks launched by the Saudi-led coalition against civilians in Yemen’s province of Taiz that happened a day earlier.
Afkham said that the deadly Saudi attacks on Yemen’s residential areas and killing of civilians is "in contradiction to the international principles and norms of human rights."
Additionally, Afkham underlined that continuation of military attacks on Yemen and siege of the country have just resulted in the spread of extremism and activities of terrorist groups and al-Qaeda.
The condemnation came after Saudi-led fighter jets on a residential complex for engineers and technicians of Mocha power plant killed at least 55 people and left tens injured in Yemen’s Taiz on Friday evening.
A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out airstrikes against Yemen since March. The airstrikes have not been authorized by the UN.
