Iran Refutes Allegation Of Arms Shipments To Yemen – Politics News

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In a statement on Thursday, Nasser Kanaani rejected the media story that French special forces have seized Iranian-supplied arms and ammunition bound for Yemen in the Sea of ​​Oman, saying such allegations are being raised politically motivated with the purpose of misinforming public opinion in the world.

He added that countries that are blatantly aiding the coalition of aggressors against Yemen through military deals or providing intelligence assistance and have a role in the inhumane blockade against the Yemeni people are directly to blame and “are not in a position to level accusations against others. ”

The spokesman also advised countries that aid and abet the aggressors to immediately stop their opportunistic and self-serving policies amid the cruel war against Yemen instead of misinforming and abdicating responsibility for the war that has been imposed on the oppressed people. and defenseless of Yemen. .

His comments came after Western media quoted unnamed officials as saying French naval forces seized thousands of assault rifles, machine guns and anti-tank missiles in the Gulf of Oman on January 15 that were targeting forces. Houthis from Yemen, claiming that the weapons had come from Iran.

Reports claim that the French warship has seized more than 3,000 assault rifles, at least half a million cartridges and more than 20 anti-tank guided missiles on board the ship.

Saudi Arabia launched a devastating war against Yemen in March 2015 in collaboration with its Arab allies and with the arms, logistics and political support of the US and other Western states. Simultaneously with the invasion, the aggressors and their supporters also placed the entire impoverished country under a total land, air and naval blockade.

The aim was to reinstate the Riyadh-friendly regime of former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and crush Yemen’s Ansarullah popular resistance movement, which has been running state affairs in the absence of a functioning government in Yemen.

While the Saudi-led coalition failed to achieve any of its goals, the war killed hundreds of thousands of Yemenis and created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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