‘Humanitarian situation in Yemen is catastrophic’

TEHRAN - Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian parliament speaker, said on Saturday that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is catastrophic.

UN: Yemen on brink of 'world's worst famine in 100 years’

The United Nations has warned Yemen could be facing the worst famine in 100 years if airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition are not halted, the Guardian reported on Monday.

Iran, Sweden discuss Yemen crisis

TEHRAN – Kingdom of Sweden’s special envoy for Yemen and Libya affairs Peter Semneby met on Sunday with Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, to discuss ways to settle the crisis in Yemen and help its people.

Saudis ‘empowered & enabled’ by West to obliterate Yemen

In Europe and across the Atlantic, officials like to talk about the war in Yemen as a horrible humanitarian crisis. They also like to sell weapons to the Saudi-led coalition, which bears most of the blame for that crisis.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Yemen’s resistance achievements hurting Saudis

TEHRAN – The Yemeni army and popular committees continue to fight against the Saudi led-coalition and their mercenaries on various fronts, after passage of more than three and a half years of the Yemen war.

By Hanif Ghaffari

From defeat in Yemen to turmoil of the Saudi court

TEHRAN - Over the past few days, whispers were heard about the "vague future" of Bin Salman, the young Saudi prince, in regional and international sources. The fact is that Bin Salman is extremely afraid of his political future, because there is no guarantee that his physical or political removal will not come true in the near future.

By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com

The last breath of Al-Saud in Yemen

Today, many global media spoke of Saudi defeat in Yemen. This issue comes as Saudi Arabia continues to kill the Yemeni people. The killing of the Yemeni people is not only not condemned by the United States and its European allies (especially Britain and France), but we are witnessing the continuation of this trend.

Love of Hussein unites us

TEHRAN – Muslims around the globe held massive mourning ceremonies on Thursday, the day of Ashura, to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions.

By Noha Aboueldahab

How can defend Human Rights while selling arms to Saudi Arabia?

YEMEN - Arms deals are not merely a financial transaction. They are a powerful expression of political support and partnership between two governments. When Stephen Harper signed the $15-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia in 2014 – the largest contract in Canada’s history – he attempted to justify the controversial deal by pointing to Saudi Arabia as a partner in the fight against Islamic State. He also argued that cancelling the contract would unjustly punish the 3,000 Canadian workers who manufacture the weapons in London, Ont.

Iran’s UN envoy: Saudis have armed Daesh and other terror groups

TEHRAN - Gholamali Khoshroo, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, said on Thursday that Saudi Arabia has armed and financed extremist terrorist group like Daesh, Al-Nusra Front and other Takfiri groups.

‘U.S., S. Arabia should stop support for terrorism’

TEHRAN – Kamal Kharrazi, director of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said on Tuesday that the U.S. and Saudi Arabia should end their support for terrorist groups in Syria.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

The human tragedy in al-Hudayda: From U.S. role to UN silence

TEHRAN - The Saudi-led coalition has once again committed a horrible crime in al-Hudydah. It was only two weeks ago that another human tragedy took place in the city of “Saada” in Yemen.

Tehran denounces Saudi aggression against Yemeni civilians

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Friday strongly denounced the Saudi-led coalition’s Thursday airstrike in Yemen that led to the deaths of more than 30 civilians, mostly children, in the western province of Hudaydah.

Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the U.S.: CNN

The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in Yemen was sold as part of a U.S. State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN.

By Dr. James M. Dorsey

Yemen war challenges Saudi moral authority

Saudi conduct of its ill-fated war in Yemen coupled with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s alignment with the Trump administration and Israel, and his often coercive approach to diplomatic relations, has opened the door to challenges of the kingdom’s moral leadership of the Sunni Muslim world, a legitimizing pillar of the ruling Al Saud family’s grip on power.

By Nima Chitsaz

Colorful dreams end; will world finally react to Saudi carnage in Yemen?

Innocent children soaked in their blood uttered their last words searching for their brothers, classmates and friends. The children hopelessly cry for their parents but to no avail. Taking their last breaths and still not knowing they are coming to the end of their precious lives the school boys are deeply shocked, their life supposed to be full joy and happiness.

Health minister condemns killing of Yemeni students

TEHRAN – In separate letters to the WHO director, health ministers of Islamic countries, and the UNICEF executive director, Iran’s health minister has warned about the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Yemen and called for a response from the international community against the tragedy.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

When dollar means more than lives of Yemeni children

The Saudi regime has committed yet another war crime in Yemen and this one is particularly horrendous.

By M.A. Saki

Has Saudi Arabia gone mad?

The Saudi-led coalition is committing crimes in Yemen one after another. In a new airstrike on Thursday, a bus was targeted as it was carrying children from a summer camp in a busy market area in the northern Majz district.

By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com

Decoding of the UN's silence about Yemen

The release of bitter and shocking news related to the mercenary martyrdom of 57 Yemeni students and the wounding of 77 people in Saudi Arabia's missile strike on a bus carrying innocent students has provoked anger at the international community from politicians and soldiers in Saudi Arabia and supporters of Riyadh. What exactly is happening in Yemen?

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

“Saudi-led coalition has failed to achieve any progress in war against Houthis in Yemen”

The Saudi-led coalition’s war in Yemen has triggered world’s worst humanitarian crisis with thousands of deaths over the past three years and more than 22 million people in need of assistance. There are now reports about a major outbreak of cholera due to indiscriminate and heavy Saudi-UAE bombardment, with logistical and weapons support from the U.S.

Iran slams Western use of human rights as tool

TEHRAN - Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani said on Sunday that the West has an “inhumane” approach toward the issue of human rights, saying the West is using the issue as a tool.

Tehran calls attack on Yemen fish market ‘war crime’

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Friday denounced as a “war crime” the new Saudi-led air strikes on a fish market in Yemen’s western port city of Hudaydah, which killed about 40 people and injured many more.

By Payman Yazdani

Forming alliance among PGCC member states is an illusory idea: Entessar

TEHRAN - Professor of political science says the "Arab world" today is a patchwork of competing countries and forming an enduring alliance among the Arab states of the Persian Gulf is an illusory idea concocted by the U.S.

By Dr. James M. Dorsey 

Saudi oil shipment halt: A potential watershed in the Yemen war

A spike in oil prices as a result of a temporary halt in shipments through the strategic Bab el Mandeb strait may be short-lived, but the impact on Yemen’s three-year-old forgotten war is likely to put the devastating conflict on the front burner.

By Farzad Farhadi

Yemen war: swamp for Saudi and UAE economy

TEHRAN - The war the Saudi-UAE-U.S. coalition launched on March 26, 2015, against Yemen has not achieved its goals. In addition to the casualties of its forces and its mercenaries, the war costs the UAE about $ 1.3 billion per month or $16 billion a year. This war has increased its impact on the UAE, its economy and its manpower more than ever.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Saudis dread Yemen’s underground ballistic missiles

TEHRAN - Three years and counting since the Yemen War begun, Yemen unveiled underground rocket platforms that has put Riyadh in absolute terror.

‘I hope Saudis won’t accuse Yemenis of importing tunnels from Iran’

TEHRAN – Chief of Yemen’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee has pointed to the recently broadcasted images of the Yemeni underground launch pads used for retaliatory missile attacks against Saudi Arabia, saying “I hope they [Saudis] don’t accuse Yemenis of importing tunnels from Iran.”

Saudi air raid on wedding party in Yemen is a ‘war crime’: Iran

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday that the Saudi-led airstrike on a wedding ceremony in Yemen which left 11 people killed is an instance of “war crime”.