Iran dictates its "conditions" for negotiating a political solution in Yemen
English - Thursday 25 February 2021 الساعة 05:12 pm
Aden, NewsYemen:
Iran stipulated stopping the military operations of the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia in Yemen, and lifting what it called "the siege" as an entry point for resolving the Yemeni crisis.
This came from the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, during statements he made, on Tuesday, on the official television of the Houthi group "Al Masirah"..
Zarif said, "Efforts to resolve the Yemeni crisis continue, and Iran supports any move that ends (the aggression against the Yemeni people)." According to his claim.
The Iranian minister added, "The ceasefire and lifting the siege on the Yemeni people to solve their humanitarian crisis constitutes a prelude to solving the Yemeni issue."
Zarif claimed that "the Islamic Republic's standing by the Houthis stems from the principle of protecting the oppressed."
The statements of the Iranian Foreign Minister came to confirm that Tehran is the source of the conditions announced by the Houthi militia, in exchange for dealing positively with any political moves to settle the crisis in Yemen.
The Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, renewed the condition of stopping the operations of the Arab coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, in exchange for positively dealing with any political moves.
The Houthi militia, and behind it Iran, seeks to neutralize the Arab coalition from the war in Yemen, so that it can advance to the areas that are still outside its control, relieving the obstacle of coalition air strikes, in addition to the entry of more weapons shipments smuggled through the ports under its control.
Earlier, Muhammad Abdul Salam, the official spokesman for the Houthis, said that his group is ready to engage positively, provided that it stops what he called "targeting Yemen and lifting the siege on it," referring to the operations of the Arab coalition.
"We are the ones calling for constructive and successful political action after a comprehensive cessation of aggression and an end to the siege," Abdul Salam said, in a tweet on Twitter. As he put it.
