President Raisi Lauds Yemen’s Fortitude against Aggression, Expresses Iran’s Solidarity
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi praised the Yemeni nation’s perseverance against foreign military attacks over the past seven years, reaffirming the Islamic Republic’s support for the Yemeni people in their struggle against aggression.
Al-Masirah reported on Wednesday that President of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen Mahdi al-Mashat has received a letter from Raisi in response to a recent message in which the Yemeni official had congratulated the new Iranian president on his election.
In the letter, the Iranian president has lauded the Yemeni nation for their struggle against the aggressors during the past seven years, expressing the Islamic Republic’s solidarity with the people of Yemen in their battle against the brutal blockade and acts of aggression.
Raisi has also voiced his administration’s willingness to boost cooperation with Yemen in all fields in such a way that the common interests of the two brotherly nations are fulfilled.
Saudi Arabia launched a devastating military aggression against Yemen in March 2015 in collaboration with a number of its allied states, and with arms and logistics support from the US and several Western countries.
The aim was to return to power the former Riyadh-backed regime and crush the Houthi movement which has been running state affairs in the absence of an effective government in Yemen.
The war has stopped well shy of all of its goals, despite killing tens of thousands of Yemenis and turning entire Yemen into the scene of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
The war has killed tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, and resulted in what the UN has described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
Some 3.3 million people have been displaced from their homes and 24 million, or more than 80 percent of the population, are in need of aid, according to the UN.
