Tehran has condemned the deadly US strikes on Yemen, describing the latest attack as a major threat to both regional and global peace.
US President Donald Trump ordered a “powerful military action” against the Yemeni-based Houthi militants on Saturday, accusing them of waging an “unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, ships, aircraft, and drones.” The group, known officially as the Ansar Allah movement, has been in control of a large part of war-torn Yemen, including the capital city of Sanaa, since the mid-2010s.
Iran strongly condemned the strikes, with Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei describing them as a blatant violation of the UN Charter and urging the UN Security Council to take action. The attack constituted a major threat to both regional and international peace and security, he said in a statement on Sunday.
The strikes killed at least 53 and left nearly 100 injured, according to Yemen’s Houthi-run health ministry. The extent of the damage inflicted on the group itself, however, was not immediately clear. Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz claimed the strikes “hit multiple Houthi leaders and took them out.”
Waltz threatened more strikes on Yemen and said that various targets “will be on the table.” These include Iranian ships operating off the country’s coast and believed to be providing intelligence to the Houthis, alleged Iranian military advisers, and “other things they have put in to help the Houthis attack the global economy.”
Tehran, however, has consistently denied its involvement in the Houthis’ activities. The head of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reiterated this stance on Sunday, stating the country “plays no role in setting the national or operational policies” of the Yemeni-based group.
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