TEHRAN – The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday hailed the Yemeni parliament’s vote of confidence for the National Salvation Government, expressing the hope that the new government would take steps to reduce the impacts of war.

Bahram Qassemi highlighted the legitimacy and legal position of Yemen’s House of Representatives and said, “I hope that the representatives of the Yemeni people and the National Salvation cabinet will take effective steps to reduce the impacts of war and serve the people.”

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