Yemen Crisis
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By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
Kabul school attack underscores threat to Afghanistan’s future
TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Children victimized in terrorist attacks means the generations who are tasked with building the future are in danger.
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Assyrian MP rejects Trump’s advocacy for minorities
TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – MP Yunaten Bet Kelia, who represents the Assyrian and Chaldean communities in the Iranian parliament, said that minorities are living in peace in Iran and do not need US godfathership.
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By: Nima Chitsaz
Colorful dreams end; will world finally react to Saudi carnage in Yemen?
TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – Innocent children soaked in their blood uttered their last words searching for their siblings, classmates and friends. The children hopelessly cry for their parents but to no avail.
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By: Ramin Hossein Abadian
When dollar matters more than lives of Yemeni children
TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – The Saudi regime has committed yet another war crime in Yemen and this one is particularly horrendous.
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By: M.A. Saki
Has Saudi Arabia gone mad?
TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – The Saudi-led coalition is committing crimes in Yemen one after another. In a new airstrike on Thursday, a bus was targeted as it was carrying children from a summer camp in a busy market area in the northern Majz district.
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By Mohammad Ghaderi
Decoding of UN silence on Yemen
TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – The release of bitter and shocking news related to the mercenary martyrdom of 57 Yemeni students and the wounding of 77 people in Saudi Arabia's missile strike on a bus carrying innocent students has provoked anger at the international community from politicians and soldiers in Saudi Arabia and supporters of Riyadh. What exactly is happening in Yemen?
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Iranian official condemns recent attacks on Yemen, Gaza
TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Iranian Parliament Director General for International Affairs condemns Saudi and UAE-Led coalition strikes on a bus, killing dozens of Yemeni students.
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Iran condemns Jeddah statement
TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Iranian foreign ministry spokesman condemned the 11-article statement of OIC in Jeddah meeting where the Iranian representative was absent due to Saudis' refusal to grant visa to the Iranian diplomat.
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Iran slams Saudi-UAE airstrike on Yemeni school bus
TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Iran has strongly condemned the Thursday airstrike carried out by US-backed, Saudi-led coalition on a school bus in Yemen that killed dozens of people, mostly children under 10.
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Yemeni HR activist:
Saudi-led coalition has failed to make any progress in war against Houthis in Yemen
TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Fatik al-Rodaini, a senior Yemeni journalist and human rights activist said in an interview that Saudi Arabia and its allies have failed to achieve any progress in the war against Houthis in Yemen.
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Syria condemns recent Saudi massacre in Yemen’s Hodaidah port
DAMASCUS, Aug. 04 (MNA) – Syria issued a scathing condemnation of the massacre committed by the Saudi aggression on a hospital and a public market in al-Hodaidah port in Yemen on Thursday.
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Senior cleric:
US breach of N-deal closes doors to negotiations with Iran
TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) – Tehran's interim Friday prayers leader Kazem Sedighi said US’ breach of international promises regarding Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has caused us never let negotiations with the current US president and administration.
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Iran denounces Saudi-led daily crimes against Yemen, silence of intl. community
TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said "the persistence of the daily crimes of intruders and the silence of the international community has worsen the situation of Yemeni people."
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Yemen attacks Abu Dhabi airport by Sammad-3 armed drone
TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – Yemeni army and popular committees on Thursday attacked Abu Dhabi International Airport by their Sammad-3 armed drone, sources said.
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Saudi Arabia suspends oil exports through Bab al-Mandeb
TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – Saudi Arabia claimed the suspension of all oil shipments through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait after Yemen's Popular Committees attacked on two crude-carrying vessels.
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Iran welcomes Muslim figures’ call for ending war in Yemen
TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – FM spokesman Bahram Ghasemi voiced Iran’s support for a statement by a number of political figures in Muslim countries calling for a three-month cessation of war in Yemen.
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Yemen war 'a swamp for S Arabia, UAE economy'
TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – The war the Saudi-UAE-US coalition launched on March 26, 2015, against Yemen has not achieved its goals. In addition to the casualties of its forces and its mercenaries, the war costs the UAE about $ 1.3 billion per month or $16 billion a year. This war has increased its impact on the UAE, its economy and its manpower more than ever.
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Amir-Abdollahian:
US policy to prevent Iran from exporting oil doomed to failure
TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – In his meeting with Russian Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Luan Jagarian, Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that US policy to prevent Iran from exporting oil has doomed to failure.
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Iran deplores deadly airstrike on Yemeni wedding, calling it another dark chapter in Saudi war crimes
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has strongly condemned Wed. Saudi and Emirati coalition strikes on a wedding ceremony in Yemen's province of Sa’ada, calling it another dark chapter in war crimes charges of the two countries.
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By: M. A. Saki
Blaming Iran for Yemenis' sufferings laughable
TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) – Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, claimed on June 28 that Iran is “prolonging suffering of the Yemeni people” by supporting Houthi rebels.
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IRGC deputy cmdr. hails Pakistan’s refusal to join anti-Yemen coalition
TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Hossein Salami commended Pakistan’s “wise” and “brave” decision against joining the anti-Yemen coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
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FM spox:
Pompeo’s lies about Iran won't cover up US’ destabilizing role in ME
TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi says the US Secretary of State’s latest anti-Iran remarks are groundless claims that cannot conceal Washington’s destructive role in the region.
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Iran urges Europeans to stop war in Yemen, supporting aggessors
TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Seyyed Kamal Kharrazi, the Head of Foreign Policy Strategic Council, said on Wednesday that Europe’s approach towards Yemeni crisis is inappropriate.
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By Mohammad Ghaderi
Aggressors at peak of weakness in full-scale war against Yemen
TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – The Saudi-led coalition has launched an extensive operation to occupy the important and strategic port of Al-Hudaydah in Yemen. In this operation, the UAE plays a very important role. One of the goals of the country's participation in the three-year invasion on Yemen was for the sake of dominating the Yemeni ports in order to resolve its geopolitical weakness.
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Iran slams escalation of Saudi-led coalition attacks on Yemen
TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Iran has strongly condemned the recent UAE and Saudi-led coalition airstrikes against non-military targets in various cities in Yemen, causing the death and injury of dozens of defenseless Yemeni people.
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Iranian, European diplomats discuss Yemeni crisis in Tehran
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – A senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister has held talks with ambassadors of France, Britain and Italy as well as German charge d’affairs in Tehran on the tragic humanitarian situation in Yemen.
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FM spokesman:
Proposed JCPOA package should be agreed upon by all 5 signatories
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Mon. that JCPOA package to be proposed to Iran by Europe should be agreed upon by all 5 signatories of the nuclear deal.
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By Sondoss Al Asaad
Why Hudaydah is overwhelming question?
TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – For three consecutive years, the kingdom of despotism, which leads the Arabs collation, has imposed an unjustified blockade on Yemen.
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US turns blind eye to intl. obligations
TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament's General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal demonstrates that US does not hold any commitment to international obligations.
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Former Iran's amb. to Kuwait:
Iran always backs talks on Yemeni crisis
TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – Former Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Reza Mirabian said Islamic Republic of Iran has always supported political talks on Yemeni crisis.