May 17, 2015, 9:19 AM

No Saudi permission needed for Yemen aid delivery: Deputy FM

No Saudi permission needed for Yemen aid delivery: Deputy FM

TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – Iranian deputy FM for Arab-African affairs announced Tehran is fully ready to send humanitarian aid to all areas of Yemen.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian voiced Tehran's all-out readiness to dispatch humanitarian aid to all parts of Yemen, stressing that the Saudi regime is not in a position to decide for UN and helping countries.

He added that the Saudi regime's blocking of aid delivery to Yemen has denied humanitarian aid to 20 Yemeni provinces .

Earlier, Iranian deputy FM reiterated that Tehran has coordinated dispatch of its aid deliveries to Yemen with the United Nations.

He noted that the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) is also sending medicine and foodstuff in a cargo plane through Oman and Djibouti.

Meantime, he expressed Iran's support for UN Special Envoy on Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who is in Sana'a now to help to establish a political solution to the crisis in the country.

He criticized Saudi regime for violations of ceasefire in Yemen, saying that the country is repeating previous mistakes against innocent people in Yemen.

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