Perpetrators of crimes against Yemen should be brought to justice: Velayati

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s advisor on international affairs says those perpetrating deadly crimes against the people of Yemen must be brought to justice on the international arena.

“What the freedom-seeking people of the world expect is that the carnage of Yemeni women and children be stopped and the perpetrators of the crimes against the Yemeni nation be tried at international institutions,” Ali Akbar Velayati said on Wednesday.

Velayati was speaking in his capacity as the Secretary General of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening while the body was hosting a virtual conference on Yemen.

‘Balance of power now in favor of Yemen’

He hailed that the “resisting Yemeni people and leadership put up with and braved all the adversities in order not to surrender in the face of their enemy, which was armed to the teeth.”

The perseverance, he noted, “enabled them to reverse the balance of power in favor of proud Yemen.”

The official expressed gratitude towards Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, for his leadership. Yemen’s struggle brought about “one of the most glorious stages of confrontation against the global arrogant powers, [which were being] led by the criminal United States and their regional agents.”

‘Yemen enhanced resistance’s hard power’

Velayati noted that the country’s defenders have been braving “the world’s most advanced arms that have been provided to Saudi Arabia by the US, France, and Britain and deployed towards the ruthless slaughter of the oppressed and defenseless Yemeni people.”

Not only have the forces confronted the aggression, but also they have managed to “enhance the resistance’s hard power using domestic knowledge and their acuity.”

He assured Yemen that the Islamic Republic would continue to support it during the struggle under Ayatollah Khamenei’s directions.

Relation between Yemeni, Palestinian victories

The conference was attended by Yemen’s Ambassador to Tehran Ibrahim Mohammad al-Dailami and a number of other Yemeni elites as well as the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas’ representative in the Iranian capital, Khaled Ghodoumi.

The Yemeni envoy said the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip’s recent victory against the Zionist regime of Israel “bears a positive effect on our battle against the Saudi aggressors.”

He was referring to the Gaza-based resistance groups’ successful reprisal during a 12-day Israeli war that forced the regime into demanding a ceasefire last Friday.

The Hamas official congratulated the Yemeni people’s “monumental victory against the Saudi Arabian aggressors.”

“We get to live in dignity in Palestine today” as a result of the struggle and sacrifice that was staged by Gaza’s resistance fighters, he said concerning Gaza’s retaliation.

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