Saudi heavy setbacks in Yemen behind anti-Iran claims: Qassemi

Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran has dismissed as hackneyed and groundless the recent claims by Saudi Arabia against Iran, saying the heavy blows Riyadh has suffered in Yemen are the reason for such allegations.

“Fictitious claims by the Saudi foreign minister are a result of [Riyadh's] major and successive setbacks in Yemen,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday, Press TV reported.

He added that Saudi Arabia's ceaseless diversionary moves and blame games would not “change the existing realities” and emphasized that the “Yemeni army and popular forces have not and will no need any foreign aid.”

The Iranian spokesperson said the Saudi rulers must be held accountable sooner or later for their “inhumane crimes” committed in Yemen over the past two years and added, “Leveling such allegations will not reduce their international responsibility for the war crimes committed in Yemen.”

“The Islamic Republic of Iran, as a powerful country in the region which has always played a constructive and positive role in the fight against terrorism, does not need to interfere in the affairs of regional Muslim countries,” Qassemi said.

He urged the Saudi foreign minister "to change his tested and futile ways."

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