Tehran, March 29, IRNA � Foreign Ministry First Deputy Morteza Sarmadi advised certain regional countries to stop cherishing hollow thoughts about Yemen.




Talking to reporters here on Sunday, he stressed that the problem in Yemen should be settled through dialogue.

He also regretted the �very strategic mistake� happening in Yemen and said what is going there is a part of country�s internal crisis.

He said efforts should focus on brining political groups closer together in a bid to settle the problem through dialogue.

The military assault against a very strong group which enjoys quite massive public support and has pioneered anti-terrorism struggles in Yemen with the objective of restoring peace to the country will only result in further spread of terrorism and growing extremism in the region, he added.

The official termed attack against Yemen as an absolutely blind move which will be of no gains for the aggressors.

He noted that the history of recent military aggressions in the region, like the Soviet assault on Afghanistan and the US invasion of Iraq, have proven them unsuccessful.

He regretted that some countries in the region are now entangled in their own fanciful dreams.

Sarmadi said Iran believed that attacks against Yemen should stop speedily to give a chance of dialogue to various Yemeni groups.

He said he was certain that a prolonged war which would claim lives of people of Yemen and destroy the country�s infrastructures will result in increasing hatred, revenge and terrorism in the region.

He said such attacks will pose lethal threats to many of regional countries that happen to be quite vulnerable.

As for Iran�s nuclear talks with the 5+1, he said the negotiations are conducted quite zealously.

He said that despite improvements, there are a number of disputes remaining which will be hopefully settled in the remaining time till the nuclear deadline.


By IRNA