Saudi Arabia repeats claim of Iran arming Yemenis

Saudi Arabia has repeated an accusation that Iran is supplying Yemeni revolutionaries with weapons, days after Iranian officials dismissed any transfer of arms to the Arab country, which has been under a Saudi-led invasion and blockade.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman alleged on Tuesday that Iran was involved in supplying weapons to the revolutionaries in Yemen, which he said “is a direct military aggression” by Iran against Saudi Arabia.

He made the claim in a telephone conversation with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, according to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

Bin Salman also said the alleged provision of weapons to the Yemeni revolutionaries could constitute “an act of war” against Saudi Arabia.

The Yemenis fired a missile at the King Khalid International Airport in northeastern Riyadh on Saturday. Saudi Arabia said it intercepted the missile mid-air.

In a statement on Sunday, the Saudi-led coalition, claimed that Yemeni revolutionaries were under Iran’s “direct command.”

The Iranian Foreign Ministry rejected the coalition’s “destructive, irresponsible, provocative and baseless” allegation, saying Yemenis had shown an “independent” reaction to the Saudi military attacks on their country.

EA