Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has rejected U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's accusations that Iran delivered weapons to Houthi rebels fighting in Yemen's civil war.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly stated that its military power has never been a threat to any state for being purely defensive," Zarif said on Friday. "It is high time the U.S. government learned from its egregious errors in Syria and Iraq by realizing existing facts and realities."
More than 6,400 people have died, nearly half of them civilians, since a coalition led by Saudi Arabia -- and supported by the United States and Britain -- began a military campaign against Houthi militants in March 2015 after the rebels seized the city of Sanaa and began to advance to Aden to overthrow the government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Zarif went on to place blame on the United States for the killing of civilians during the conflict.
"U.S. has engaged itself in Saudi's inhumane child-killing war against innocent people of Yemen ... no doubt, U.S. now has to be responsible for all the inhumane crimes," Zarif added. "Certainly Mr. Kerry knows, better than everyone, that the Saudis have tried hard to annul all efforts made for establishing ceasefire in Yemen."...
[upi.com]
26/8/16
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly stated that its military power has never been a threat to any state for being purely defensive," Zarif said on Friday. "It is high time the U.S. government learned from its egregious errors in Syria and Iraq by realizing existing facts and realities."
More than 6,400 people have died, nearly half of them civilians, since a coalition led by Saudi Arabia -- and supported by the United States and Britain -- began a military campaign against Houthi militants in March 2015 after the rebels seized the city of Sanaa and began to advance to Aden to overthrow the government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Zarif went on to place blame on the United States for the killing of civilians during the conflict.
"U.S. has engaged itself in Saudi's inhumane child-killing war against innocent people of Yemen ... no doubt, U.S. now has to be responsible for all the inhumane crimes," Zarif added. "Certainly Mr. Kerry knows, better than everyone, that the Saudis have tried hard to annul all efforts made for establishing ceasefire in Yemen."...
[upi.com]
26/8/16
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