{"id":2208,"date":"2017-12-12T12:01:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T13:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/un-does-not-confirm-iran-link-to-yemen-missiles\/"},"modified":"2017-12-12T12:01:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T13:01:39","slug":"un-does-not-confirm-iran-link-to-yemen-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/un-does-not-confirm-iran-link-to-yemen-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"UN does not confirm Iran link to Yemen missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"lide\">The missiles were fired by Yemeni Houthi fighters at the Saudi capital on July 22 and November 4 in retaliation for Riyadh\u2019s deadly raids against the country.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"77\">\n<p>\n\tUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a confidential report obtained by AFP on Monday, told the Security Council that the world body\u2019s team, which visited Riyadh last month to scrutinize the alleged evidence, had not yet established a link between them and the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGuterres said, \u201cThe missiles had similar structural and manufacturing features which suggest a common origin,\u201d according to the report sent to the council on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe cautioned that UN officials were still \u201ccarefully reviewing all the information and material available,\u201d but offered no firm conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe investigators also examined two drones allegedly recovered in Yemen, but did not confirm a Saudi claim that one of them was \u201cIranian-made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSaudi Arabia, which accuses Iran of arming Yemen\u2019s Houthi Ansarullah movement against the kingdom, claims the missiles, which it says were fired at its capital city, had been supplied to Yemeni forces by Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFollowing the first missile launch, Riyadh also angered the international community and human rights groups by tightening the already crippling siege against Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTehran has invariably dismissed having ever armed the movement and any accusation of regional interference for that matter.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn Monday, Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said, \u201cWhatever happens inside Yemen concerns the Yemeni people and resistance; it does not concern the Islamic Republic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Houthis have been defending Yemen against a Saudi-led military offensive, which seeks to restore the former Riyadh-allied government. The war has killed some 12,000 people and reduced the country\u2019s infrastructure to smithereens since its start in early 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>madaresharghi The missiles were fired by Yemeni Houthi fighters at the Saudi capital on July 22 and November 4 in retaliation for Riyadh\u2019s deadly raids against the country. 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