A senior Iran diplomat says the incessant Saudi aggression on Yemen has further complicated the security condition in the already conflict-stricken Middle East region.
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Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in an interview with Iranian state television that he recently served the warning to Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in the city of Jeddah in mid-June on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Yemen.
"In this meeting, I told Adel al-Jubeir that this [military] action not only has not helped the security of Saudi Arabia and the region, but it has further complicated the security condition in the region," he said.
Amir-Abdollahian said he also told the Saudi minister that the Saudi aggression against Yemen is a “basic, serious and strategic mistake."
Elsewhere, the Iranian official also reiterated Tehran's call on Riyadh to "stop the aggression against Yemen as soon as possible” and end the blockade on the impoverished Arab country.
He urged the Saudi regime to focus on UN-run dialogue between all Yemeni groups for the settlement of political disputes in the country.
Amir-Abdollahian also said the seizure of parts of the southern city of Aden by forces loyal to Yemen’s fugitive president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, would not help settle the crisis in the country.
The Iranian diplomat also said that Iran would support a Yemeni government that would "strive for strengthening peace, stability and security in the region."
The London-based al-Hayat newspaper reported on Monday that Saudi Arabia had stationed 1,500 forces, mainly from the United Arab Emirates, in southern Yemen.
Riyadh launched its military aggression against Yemen – without a UN mandate – in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to Hadi, an ally of Riyadh.
According to UN figures, the Saudi war has killed nearly 1,900 civilians since late March. However, local sources have given a much higher death toll.
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