Iran rejects 'baseless' US claim of arming, funding Yemeni forces

Iran’s Permanent Mission to the UN has categorically dismissed as "baseless" the United States' accusations about the provision of arms and money to the Yemeni resistance forces, saying the Islamic Republic has always supported peace and stability in the Arabian Peninsula country.

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Date: 14 February 2025 - 15:17

TABNAK, Feb 14: In a letter sent to the UN chief and the president of the Security Council on Thursday, the mission emphasized that Washington cannot hide its complicity in Israel's crimes by pinning the blame on Iran for regional tensions.

"Unlike the United States that provides weapons and extensive financial support to the Israeli regime to continue its aggression against the oppressed people of the region, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been and will keep adhering to the fundamental principles of the international law, the United Nations Charter, and Security Council resolutions," it added.

Tehran has adopted a "unified and stable" position on the Yemen crisis and believes that the conflict must be resolved via a "comprehensive political process" that guarantees the country's independence, national sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity.

The US, UK, and Israel have launched attacks across Yemen over the past months in violation of the country’s sovereignty and international law.

The illegal attacks came in response to Yemen’s campaign to show solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amid a genocidal Israeli war.

The Iranian mission said, “Since the beginning of the Yemen crisis, the Islamic Republic of Iran has called for an immediate end to aggression, a ceasefire, the start of meaningful dialogue between Yemeni parties, and the peaceful settlement of the conflict with no foreign interference.”

The future of Yemen must be determined by its own people, it noted, stressing that lasting peace is only possible there "through diplomacy, respect for national sovereignty, and adherence to international law, not through military interventions or false accusations.”

Speaking at a Security Council briefing on Yemen, US Deputy Representative to the UN Dorothy Shea alleged that Iran's materiel and financial support had enabled Yemen's Ansarullah resistance fighters to launch "numerous attacks on civilian infrastructure" and fire at American warships.

As part of their pro-Palestine campaign, the Yemeni Armed Forces have targeted ships heading to or departing ports in the occupied territories, or those linked to Israel, in the southern Red Sea, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Gulf of Aden, and even in the Arabian Sea.

They have also conducted strikes against Israeli targets in the occupied lands.