Iran Urges Permanent Truce in Yemen
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian on Tuesday in a meeting with Yemeni Ambassador to Tehran Ibrahim Mohamed al-Dailami called for a permanent ceasefire in the Arab country and arrangements for Yemeni talks and voiced concern about the critical situation in Yemen.
Amir-Abdollahian praised the Yemeni people’s resistance against the Saudi-led coalition’s military attacks.
Expressing concern about the critical conditions in Yemen, the top Iranian diplomat stressed the need to fully lift the siege of the Arab country, ensure a permanent ceasefire, and pave the way for Yemeni negotiations in order to allow the country’s people to settle their own fate.
“With their morale of resistance and wisdom, the people of Yemen would decide their own fate,” he stated.
For his part, the ambassador lauded the Iranian government and people for their stances in support of Yemen.
Dailami also briefed the Iranian foreign minister on the process of the temporary ceasefire and the latest developments in his country.
Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies — including the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — launched a brutal war against Yemen in March 2015. The war was meant to eliminate Yemen’s popular Houthi Ansarullah movement and reinstall a former regime.
Last week, Yemen’s fugitive president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi transferred his powers to a new presidential council, in a major political shake-up that
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