Saudi claims against Iran meant to cover up crimes in Yemen: IRGC

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has rejected Saudi accusations that Iran is providing missiles to Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, saying such claims are aimed at diverting attention from Riyadh’s war crimes in Yemen.

IRGC's Deputy Commander for Political Affairs Brigadier General Yadollah Javani told Tasnim news agency on Tuesday that all routes to send weapons to Yemen are blocked as the country remains under a full Saudi blockade.

The Saudi-led coalition, which is engaged in a bloody military campaign against Yemen, displayed wreckage of what it claimed to be fragments of ballistic missiles supplied to the Ansarullah by Iran.

The senior IRGC commander further said “the Saudis with the help of the Americans, Zionists and some other reactionary regional governments have actually been committing major crimes and attacking the oppressed nation of Yemen over the past three years.”

Therefore, in order to divert public attention across the region and the world from these atrocities, they fabricate several claims, among them Iran’s transfer of weapons to Yemen to reinforce the Houthi movement.

Javani added that Saudi Arabia is also seeking to cover up its embarrassing failures in Yemen by leveling such accusations.

He further stressed that the Yemeni nation is standing firm against the Saudi aggression and has achieved the capability to produce its own defensive weapons, including missiles.

“This is an achievement that has been inconceivable to Saudis,” the IRGC general said.

On Monday, Iran rejected the United Kingdom’s allegations about the Islamic Republic's provision of missiles to Yemeni Houthi fighters and held Britain liable for war crimes in the country.

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