Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has issued a stern warning to the United States and the United Kingdom, saying the aggression against Yemen must end.
“Iran severely warns the US and Britain to stop the war against Yemen and also warns the US and Israel to end the war in Gaza,” Amir-Abdollahian said in a joint press conference with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Tehran on Monday.
The US cannot talk about its intention to stop the war and at the same time take action against Yemen, he noted.
Amir-Abdollahian also cast doubt on US claims of fighting terrorism, saying the United States cannot claim to be fighting Daesh as it created the terrorist group itself.
He also said that Washington cannot call for restraint as tensions rise in the region while supporting Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.
Amir-Abdollahian reminded the United States and its Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the Gaza war cannot end through military options, advising US officials not to tie the security and national interests of the American people to the fate of the apartheid Israeli regime and its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He noted that Iran and India have consensus on the need to end genocide in Gaza and prevent the war from spilling over to other parts of the region.
Addressing the situation in the Red Sea, the top Iranian diplomat said Tehran fully supports maritime security in the strategic waterway.
Yemen’s National Salvation Government has assured Iran that the Arab country would not disrupt maritime security but it insists that it would not allow the Israeli ships to pass through the strategic region as long as the war and genocide continue in Gaza, he added.
The US and Britain, backed by Bahrain, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands, struck more than 60 targets at almost 30 locations in Yemen on Friday, killing five people and injuring six others.
On Saturday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that a “follow-on action” was conducted against a Yemeni radar facility by the Navy destroyer USS Carney using Tomahawk land attack missiles.
The illegal assaults prompted Yemen’s Supreme Political Council to issue a statement, saying “all American-British interests have become legitimate targets.”
Israel waged its brutal war on Gaza on October 7 following a historic operation by the Palestinian Hamas resistance group against the occupying entity.
In solidarity with the Palestinians in besieged Gaza, the Yemeni armed forces have targeted ships in the Red Sea with owners linked to Israel or those going to and from ports in the occupied territories.
In response, the US has formed a military coalition against Yemeni forces in the Red Sea and endangered maritime navigation in the strategic waterway.
India very concerned about deplorable situation in Gaza: Jaishankar
The Indian foreign minister, for his part, reiterated his country’s stance on the importance of stopping the killing of civilians and said New Delhi is deeply concerned about the deplorable situation in Gaza.
Jaishankar added that India welcomes the delivery of humanitarian aid to the war-stricken people in Gaza.
