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Saudi Arabia lost the war to Iran: ex-Yemeni minister

Former Yemeni Minister of Transportation Saleh Algabwani said on Thursday that Saudi Arabia has lost the war in Yemen to Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Iran views Trump as a ‘culprit’ not a president to negotiate with: advisor

TEHRAN - Hossein Dehghan, a military advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said that Iran considers U.S. President Donald Trump as a “culprit” and not a president to negotiate with.

Iranian, Russian diplomats discuss Syrian and Yemeni developments

TEHRAN – Iran’s Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin held a phone conversation on Monday discussing the latest developments in Syria and Yemen.

Zarif’s assistant holds phone talks with Ansarullah chief negotiator Abdulsalam

TEHRAN - Ali Asghar Khaji, the assistant to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for political affairs, held a phone conversation with Mohammed Abdulsalam, the spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah and chief negotiator of the National Salvation Government, discussing developments in the war-ravaged Yemen.

Zarif’s assistant talks with Yemen’s Ansarullah spokesman

TEHRAN - In a phone conversation on Saturday, Ali Asghar Khaji, the assistant to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for political affairs, discussed solution to the Yemeni crisis with Mohammed Abdulsalam, the spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah and chief negotiator of the National Salvation Government.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry slams UK for huge arms exports to Saudi Arabia to pound Yemen

Tehran reaffirms support for Yemen’s unity, territorial integrity

TEHRAN — Tehran has reaffirmed its support for Yemen’s unity and territorial integrity, condemning Saudi Arabia for pushing Yemen on the brink of the worst humanitarian crisis, according to the Foreign Ministry website.

Zarif, UN chief say it’s necessary to send aid to Yemen

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres held a phone conversation on Sunday discussing the necessity to send humanitarian aid to the war-stricken Yemen, especially as the country is being hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. must stop supporting Saudis' war on Yemen as COVID-19 hitting the poor nation

The United States should step up immediately and withdraw support for the Saudi war efforts in Yemen as the war-hit country has registered the first cases of coronavirus infection which can kill millions of Yemenis easier than any other nation, an expert in the battlefield issues underscored. 

By Mohammad Ali Haqshenas

Yemeni forces have little reason to trust Saudi proclamations: Prof. Cavell

TEHRAN– The history of Saudi deception and dishonesty has led to Yemeni forces’ distrust towards their announcements, says professor of political science Colin S. Cavell.

Temporary Saudi ceasefire in Yemen not solution: advisor

TEHRAN — Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian Parliament speaker, says Saudi Arabia’s ceasefire in Yemen, which is intended to rebuild its forces to resume aggression, is not the solution to the Yemeni problem.

Ansurullah calls on Saudi Arabia to consider Yemen’s mediation proposal

Yemen’s popular Houthi Ansarullah movement has called on the Saudi-led coalition of aggressors to consider its proposal for 12-party mediation aimed at ending the bloody war on the impoverished Arab state.

Iran says welcomes any initiative that stops war in Yemen

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Tehran welcomes any initiative that leads to stopping war in Yemen and ends the blockade on the country.

Iran calls Yemen war 'stupid', predicts U.S. will leave Yemen in disgrace

TEHRAN - As the U.S.-backed Saudi war on Yemen enters its sixth year, the Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement predicting that Washington will be forced to leave Yemen "in disgrace".

Iran's Zarif: After 19 years of humiliation in Afghanistan, U.S. surrenders

TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in his Twitter account on Sunday, wrote that the U.S. has lost the war in Afghanistan but tries to blame others for his defeat.

World’s silence has emboldened Saudi-led war crimes in Yemen: Iran

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday that the international community’s silence has emboldened the Saudi-led coalition in committing war crimes in Yemen.

Yemeni envoy meets Iranian defense chief in Tehran

TEHRAN — Yemeni Ambassador to Tehran Ibrahim Mohamed al-Dailami met with Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami in Tehran on Sunday to discuss a range of issues.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Costs by inexperienced crown prince for Saudi Arabia

As the influence of Crown Prince Mohamad bin Salman on Saudi Arabia’s decision-making bodies has been increasing, the country has taken an aggressive foreign policy approach.

* By Mohammad Ghaderi

How Guterres suppressed the Western media warfare against Iran

On the morning of September 14, 2019, the Saudi Aramco oil facilities in Buqayq and Khurais in eastern Saudi Arabia were attacked by the Yemeni army and Popular Resistance Committees, which cut the country’s oil production by %50.

Guterres says UN is unable to verify weapons used in Saudi oil attack were from Iran

TEHRAN - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that the UN is “unable to independently corroborate” that missiles and drones used in attacks on Saudi oil facilities in September “are of Iranian origin”.

Zarif welcomes peaceful solutions to Yemen crisis 

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underscored on Thursday that diplomatic solutions are the best ways possible out of the crisis in Yemen. 

Rouhani: We have no problem to resume ties with Saudis

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Iran has no problem with expanding relations with neighbors and resuming ties with Saudi Arabia.

By Farzad Farhadi

Will Riyadh end its invasion into Yemen?

TEHRAN – A military coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the U.S., has launched a war against Yemen since March 26, 2015. The war has so far failed to meet its desired goals.

By Yusuf Abdullahi

Yemen: Urgent need to end genocide and ensure justice done

NIGERIA/ KADUNA - In the name of Allah Who states "And think not that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only gives them respite till the day on which the eyes will fixedly stare" Q14:42

By Mohammad Ghaderi

Riyadh deal: A Yemeni version of Balfour Declaration

Officials in Riyadh are so satisfied with an agreement between the Saudi-backed forces loyal to the toppled Mansour al-Hadi government and the Southern Transitional Council (STC) supported the UAE that enthusiasm is obvious in their remarks.

Advisor: Yemen’s resistance has forced invaders to seek political solution 

TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian parliament speaker, says Yemeni people’s resistance has forced the aggressors to seek political solution to the Yemeni conflict.

Iran: Aden Deal Not to Help Crisis in Yemen

The Iranian foreign ministry announced on Wednesday that the agreement signed between fugitive President Mansour Hadi and the UAE-backed separatists in Southern Yemen will not help soothe the crisis in the war-torn country.

Death toll in Saudi war on Yemen hits 100,000: Report

The Saudi-led war on Yemen has killed more than 100,000 people since 2015, a US-based database project that tracks violence has said.

Zarif urges end to killing of Yemeni civilians

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said the Yemeni crisis should be resolved through diplomacy, urging an end to the killing of Yemeni civilians by the Saudi-led aggression.

Iran ready to mediate on Yemen issue if Saudis accept political solution: Larijani

TEHRAN – Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that Iran will be ready to act as mediator on the issue of Yemen if Saudi Arabia accepts a political solution.

Turkish move against Syria ‘unacceptable’

Rouhani says separating budget from oil requires ‘precise surgery’

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that separating budget from oil revenues requires a “precise surgery”.