Iran Condemns ‘Unprecedented’ Israeli Crime Against Yemen

Date: 01 September 2025 - 22:25

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TEHRAN -- Iran has strongly condemned the recent Israeli airstrike in Yemen that killed Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Ghalib al-Rahwi, Foreign Minister Jamal Ameri, and several senior officials.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Abdulrahim Mousavi released statements denouncing the attack as a “brutal and unprecedented crime” against the Yemeni people and a violation of international law.
Araghchi expressed “deep sorrow and grief” over the assassination and extended condolences “to the heroic people of Yemen, the oppressed Palestinian nation, and all freedom-loving peoples of the world.”
He described the strike as a “cowardly assassination” that violated Yemen’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, carried out amid “savage military aggression of the Zionist regime.”
He further criticized the United Nations for its “continued inaction in the face of gross violations of international law by the Zionist regime,” and condemned the “military and political support provided by the U.S., the UK, and some Western countries,” which “has severely undermined the credibility of fundamental international legal norms and turned these countries into accomplices and partners in the crimes of the occupying regime.”
“This situation is an unprecedented threat to international peace and security and poses an existential danger to humanity,” Araghchi warned.
He urged regional states and the international community to “take urgent and effective action to stop the genocide in Gaza and hold the leaders of the Zionist regime accountable.”
Major General Mousavi called

the attack a “terrorist crime” and “a clear war crime and blatant violation of international law,” labeling it “a new chapter in the global shame of the regime that leads terror and nurtures terrorism worldwide.”

Mousavi emphasized the “deep fear of the expansion of the Axis of Resistance and the unity of the region’s peoples in defending the Palestinian cause and confronting occupation and criminality” as the motivation behind the attack.

“This will never weaken the revolutionary determination and faith of Yemen’s brave fighters nor their firm support for the oppressed Gaza and Palestine,” he warned.

Mousavi praised the Yemeni people’s resilience amid ongoing sanctions, blockade, and Israeli aggression, calling Yemen “a symbol of resistance against global domination and a pride of the Islamic Ummah.”

He expressed confidence that “with divine grace, Yemen will overcome current challenges and achieve its lofty goals,” reaffirming Iran’s continued support for Yemen’s resilient and courageous people and their sacred aspirations.

The deadly airstrike struck Sana’a on Thursday, killing Prime Minister al-Rahwi and several ministers. Yemeni officials have reiterated their vow to continue missile attacks against Israeli-occupied territories as long as Israeli aggression against Gaza persists.