28 Mar 2024
Wednesday 1 April 2015 - 17:13
Story Code : 158010

Yemenis hold protest rally in Tehran to condemn Saudi aggression

Yemenis hold protest rally in Tehran to condemn Saudi aggression
TEHRAN (FNA)- Tens of Yemeni demonstrators held a protest rally in front of Saudi Arabia's Embassy in Tehran to condemn the Riyadh-led airstrikes on their country.

The demonstrators, including the wounded people of the recent terrorist bomb blast at the Friday prayers Sana'a, condemned the Saudi aggression against Yemen in their protest rally in front of the Saudi embassy.


Some of the demonstrators torched the picture of Saudi King Salman, and ensured the Yemeni nation's continued armed struggle against the Saudi aggressors.


The demonstrators read out a final statement at the end of their rally.


Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen for seven days now to restore power to fugitive Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. The Saudi airstrikes have killed at least, 198, mostly women and children, and injured hundreds more.


Hadi stepped down in January and refused to reconsider the decision despite calls by Ansarullah revolutionaries of the Houthi movement.


Despite Riyadh's claims that it is bombing the positions of the Ansarullah fighters, Saudi warplanes are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures.


Five Persian Gulf States -- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait -- and Egypt that are also assisted by Israel and backed by the US declared war on Yemen in a joint statement issued Thursday.


US President Barack Obama authorized the provision of logistical and intelligence support to the military operations, National Security Council Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan said late Wednesday night.


She added that while US forces were not taking direct military action in Yemen, Washington was establishing a Joint Planning Cell with Saudi Arabia to coordinate US military and intelligence support.


By Fars News Agency





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