TEHRAN (FNA)- Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi expressed regret over the western and Islamic countries' silence on the Saudi crimes in Yemen, and said the aggression was staged after the West's green light.

"The silence of the western states and the international bodies on the current developments in Yemen and the destruction of the country's infrastructures has taken the world public opinion to this conclusion that the al-Saud's aggression was staged with their green light," Firouzabadi said on Wednesday.


He also voiced regret over the Islamic countries' silence on such crimes, and blasted certain Muslim rulers for supporting their Saudi counterparts despite the opposition of the Islamic nations.


Firouzabadi underlined that the Saudi attack against Yemen which continues brutally shows that the Saudi Wahhabis have not been able to control their internal rivals and opposition and have staged war against the defenseless Yemeni people to conceal their differences and incapability.


Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen for 14 days now to restore power to fugitive president Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed at least 906 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children.


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 on March 26.


US President Barack Obama authorized the provision of logistical and intelligence support to the military operations, National Security Council Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan said late on March 25.


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