Official: Iran Supports Yemeni Resistance

TEHRAN (Press TV) – A senior Iranian official has condemned the Saudi military aggression against Yemen, reiterating that the Islamic Republic supports resistance of the Yemeni nation in face of oppression.

Date: 31 May 2015 - 22:03

News ID: ۱۴۵۱۳

Iran condemns the oppression inflicted on the Yemeni people through the Saudi airstrikes, Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said.
He also stated that the Yemeni people will not give in to acts of violence against them and will eventually emerge victorious.
Velayati added that the Islamic Republic, as declared by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, defends the entire Muslim world and the oppressed people.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the senior Iranian official reacted to a remark by France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius that Paris will not accept a nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries that would not include access to Iran’s military sites.
Velayati said Paris does not play a defining role in international politics.
Velayati, who is also the president of the Center for Strategic Research of Iran’s Expediency Council, said that such remarks are aimed at appeasing certain regional parties, with which Paris has economic relations.
On May 27, Fabius said France will not accept a deal unless Tehran allows inspection of its military sites, urging other negotiating partners to adopt a similar position.
Negotiators from Iran and the P5+1 group of countries – the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany – are seeking to finalize a comprehensive deal on Tehran’s nuclear program by July 30.