Iran has strongly condemned US and UK military attacks on Yemen, calling them an “arbitrary” action, a clear violation of the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and a violation of international laws.

According to The Iran Project,Yemen’s Ansarullah officials said explosions hit the cities of Sana'a, Hudaydah, Sa’ada, and Dhamar early Friday, with a US official announcing that American and British attacks against Yemen were carried out by airplanes, ships, and submarines.

In Iran’s first reaction to the aggression, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani stressed that the “arbitrary attacks will have no result other than fueling insecurity and instability in the region”.

“These military attacks are carried out in line with the continuation of the full support of the United States and the United Kingdom for the last hundred days of the Zionist regime's war crimes against the Palestinian nation and the oppressed citizens under the complete siege of the Gaza Strip,” he said.

“While the Zionist regime continues its attacks and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in Palestine, the United States and England are trying to detract the attention of the people of the world from the crimes of this fake, criminal, and aggressor regime against the people of Palestine by expanding their umbrella of support for the Zionist regime,” he said.

Kan’ani expressed his concern about the consequences of such arbitrary attacks on regional and international peace and security, calling on the international community to prevent the spread of war, instability, and insecurity in the region with responsible reactions and actions.