Iran urges US, Britain to ‘stop war against Yemen’

AFP | Tehran                                                          

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Iran urged yesterday the United States and Britain to “stop the war against Yemen” following their recent strikes on targets of the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels. US and British forces have hit scores of targets in Yemen after weeks of Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, claiming to act in solidarity with Palestinians in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.

The strikes have heightened fears that Israel’s war with Palestinian militant group Hamas could engulf the wider region. “We warn America and Britain to stop the war against Yemen immediately,” said Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a Tehran press conference with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

He also called on the United States and Israel “to stop the war against Gaza” and said Houthis “will block Israeli ships or ships bound for Israeli ports” as long as the conflict continues. Iran has previously called the strikes on Yemen “arbitrary” and a “violation” of international law.

The Israel-Hamas war erupted with unprecedented attacks by Palestinian militants on southern Israel on October 7 that resulted in about 1,140 deaths, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.