We consider all options forhelping the Yemeni people and immediate dispatch ofhumanitarian aid and transfer of theinjured, Irans Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Sunday.
Noting that Saudi Arabia has no right to decide for regional countries, he added that Riyadhs military intervention in Bahrain has left hundreds of people dead and injured,and created instability and a wide gap between the government and nation in the Persian Gulf state.
The continuation of Saudi aggression against Yemen will have no outcome but insecurity forSaudi Arabia and for the region, Amir-Abdollahian said.
The Iranian official added that Saudi Arabia was expected to take steps to improve sustainable security in the region but it has become the main cause of regional instability.
He expressed hope that Riyadh would reconsider its wrong approaches and play a constructive role in the region, noting,Tehran has always supported dialog betweenthe two countries" through diplomatic channels.
Amir-Abdollahians remarks came after Saudi fighter jets intercepted an Iranian airplane carryinghumanitarian aid to Yemen and prevented itfrom entering the Yemeni airspace on Thursday.
Following Riyadhs interception of the Iranian aid flight, Irans Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned Saudi Arabias charg d'affaires in Tehran to express its protest over the move.
An Iranian Foreign Ministry official said the Saudi move came afterthe Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) hadobtained the necessary permission toflyin the Oman-Yemen route and senda plane in coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in order to fly Yemeni patients back to Iran and distribute medical aid to the injured in the impoverished Arab country.
Saudi Arabia launched its air campaign against Yemen on March 26 - without a United Nations mandate - in a bid to undermine the Houthi movement'sAnsarullah fighters and to restore power to the countrys fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.
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Armed militants loyal to Yemens fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, launch a rocket during reported clashes with Houthi fighters in the port city of Aden's Breiqa district, on April 25, 2015. AFP[/caption]On April 21, Riyadh announced the end of the first phase of its unlawful military operation, which has claimed the lives of nearly 1,000 people, but airstrikes have continued with Saudi bombers targeting different areas across the country.
By Press TV
