{"id":1630,"date":"2017-11-08T14:11:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T15:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/major-arms-exporter-france-sides-with-us-over-irans-alleged-support-for-yemen-fighters\/"},"modified":"2017-11-08T14:11:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T15:11:23","slug":"major-arms-exporter-france-sides-with-us-over-irans-alleged-support-for-yemen-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/major-arms-exporter-france-sides-with-us-over-irans-alleged-support-for-yemen-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Major arms exporter France sides with US over Iran\u2019s alleged support for Yemen fighters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\u201cWe take these American indications seriously and attach utmost importance to Iran\u2019s compliance with all of its international obligations, including the weapons\u2019 transfer bans provided for in UN Security Council Resolutions 2216 and 2231,\u201d French Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexandre Georgini told reporters in a briefing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe remarks came a day after US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused Iran of supplying Yemen\u2019s Houthi Ansarullah fighters with a missile that was fired into Saudi Arabia in July. She added that a missile shot down over Saudi Arabia on Saturday \u201cmay also be of Iranian origin.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tSenior Iranian officials have categorically denied as baseless the allegations leveled by the US about the Islamic Republic\u2019s provision of\u00a0missiles to Yemeni forces.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tIran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)\u00a0<\/span>Commander\u00a0Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that Iran had no means of transferring missiles to Yemen, noting that missiles used by Yemeni forces belonged to themselves and they had only increased their range.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMeanwhile, Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami also rejected reports about Iran\u2019s involvement\u00a0in the Saturday missile attack on a Saudi airport.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tSaudi’s major arms suppliers amid Yemen aggression<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe allegations of missiles supply to Yemeni forces are leveled against Iran while the Saudi-led coalition itself says it has entirely blockaded Yemen, making impossible any transfer of items whatsoever, be it humanitarian aid or arms supplies. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMoreover, France\u2019s supports for the United States, the world\u2019s number one arms exporter, comes as a surprise as the European country, alongside the US and the UK, has itself been among the major arms suppliers to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAccording to the Control Arms Coalition,\u00a0France, the world\u2019s fourth weapons exporter, authorized arms licenses worth $18 billion to Saudi Arabia in 2015 — the year Riyadh launched its military campaign against Yemen — followed by the United States at $5.9 billion and Britain\u2019s $4 billion.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tSaudi Arabia is the primary destination for US arms sales, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tBack in March, the United States approved resumption in the $300 million\u00a0sale of US-made precision-guided missiles to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tLast month, the US State Department also approved the possible sale of an anti-missile system to\u00a0Saudi Arabia\u00a0at an estimated cost of $15 billion, the Pentagon said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe approval opens the way for Saudi Arabia to purchase 44 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) launchers and 360 missiles, as well as fire control stations and radars.<\/p>\n

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