{"id":1616,"date":"2017-11-07T05:43:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T06:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/saudi-arabia-repeats-claim-of-iran-involvement-in-supplying-weapons-to-yemens-houthis\/"},"modified":"2017-11-07T05:43:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T06:43:11","slug":"saudi-arabia-repeats-claim-of-iran-involvement-in-supplying-weapons-to-yemens-houthis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/saudi-arabia-repeats-claim-of-iran-involvement-in-supplying-weapons-to-yemens-houthis\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia repeats claim of Iran involvement in supplying weapons to Yemen\u2019s Houthis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Saudi Arabia has repeated an accusation that Iran is supplying Houthi fighters in Yemen with weapons, days after Iranian officials denied any transfer of arms to the Arab country, which has been under a Saudi-led invasion and blockade.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tSaudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman alleged on Tuesday that Iran was involved in supplying weapons to the Houthis, which he said, \u201cIs a direct military aggression by Iran against Saudi Arabia,\u201d presstv.com reported.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe made the claim in a telephone conversation with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, according to SPA.<\/p>\n

\n\tBin Salman also said the alleged provision of weapons to the Houthis could constitute \u2018an act of war\u2019 against Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Houthi movement, which has been fighting back a Saudi-led coalition with allied army troops and tribal fighters, fired a missile at the King Khalid International airport in northeastern Riyadh on Saturday. Saudi Arabia said it intercepted the missile mid-air.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a statement on Sunday, the Saudi-led coalition, claimed the Houthis were under Iran\u2019s \u2018direct attack.\u2019<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Iranian Foreign Ministry Bahram Qasemi rejected the coalition\u2019s \u2018destructive, irresponsible, provocative and baseless\u2019 allegation, saying Yemenis had shown an \u2018independent\u2019 reaction to the Saudi military attacks on their country.<\/p>\n

\n\tIran rejects \u2018destructive and provocative\u2019 accusations leveled by the Saudi-led coalition against Tehran.<\/p>\n

\n\tIranian defense officials, too, denied the allegations, saying Iran had no means of transferring arms to Yemen.<\/p>\n

\n\tSeparately, in an interview with the US news network CNN on Monday, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir repeated the accusation against Iran.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was an Iranian missile, launched by Hezbollah, from territory occupied by the Houthis in Yemen,\u201d he claimed, adding that Saudi Arabia reserved the right to \u201crespond in the appropriate manner at the appropriate time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThat belligerent rhetoric has sparked speculation that Saudi Arabia may take military action against Iran.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking in Damascus on Monday, Ali-Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, advised Saudi authorities not to venture into crisis.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSaudi Arabia\u2019s government and its officials had better think of their interests more and not get themselves entangled in incidents of their own making,\u201d Velayati said.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, the Israeli regime, which has recently been jumping at opportunities to side with Arab countries against Iran, has reportedly instructed its embassies in other countries to lobby with their hosts against Iran and the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

\n\tIsrael\u2019s Channel 10 reported on Monday that following Saad Hariri\u2019s announcement of resignation as Lebanon\u2019s prime minister, the Israeli foreign ministry had sent a directive to all of the regime\u2019s embassies to appeal to their host countries to oppose the alleged involvement of Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon\u2019s domestic politics.<\/p>\n

\n\tHariri, a long-time Riyadh ally, announced his resignation on Saturday in a televised speech from Saudi Arabia, in a move largely seen as made under Saudi influence. Hariri accused Iran and Hezbollah of meddling in Arab countries\u2019 affairs. The Lebanese government has refused to consider his resignation, suggesting that a sovereign decision like that has to be made voluntarily.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Israeli foreign ministry directive also urged Israeli ambassadors to convey a message of support for Saudi Arabia amid its war on Yemen, which has killed upward of 12,000 civilians and spread cholera and famine in Arab world\u2019s most impoverished country.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe events in Lebanon and the launching of a ballistic missile at the international airport in Riyadh show that increased pressure is required on Iran and Hezbollah,\u201d the foreign ministry reportedly said in the directive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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