Alwaght-Iran slammed Saudi Arabia for continuing its military aggression against Yemen, saying the attacks constitute a flagrant violation of human rights in the impoverished Arab state.
Speaking on Tuesday Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham noted that, “Saudi Arabia's bombardment of Yemen’s infrastructure and civilian targets and the killing and injuring of civilians are the continuation of flagrant violation of human rights”
She sternly condemned Saudi Arabia’s ruthless airstrikes against residential and commercial areas in Yemeni cities, which have been intensified over recent days.
“International bodies and institutions, particularly the United Nations, are expected to fulfill their responsibility with regard to an immediate halt to the attacks and [the delivery of] aid to the oppressed Yemeni people,” Afkham said.
She once again expressed Iran’s readiness to dispatch humanitarian aid for Yemenis and provide treatment to the wounded.
Over 120 people have been killed in Saudi airstrikes on Yemen over the last 24 hours.
At least 70 people were killed in multiple Saudi airstrikes in the impoverished country’s western province of Amran on Monday and 50 others died after Saudi jets carried out raids on a local market in the southwestern Lahij Province.
Saudi Arabia has been bombarding Yemen since March 26 without any authorization from the United Nations.
Meanwhile The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says the number of civilians killed in Yemen since the onset of the Saudi aggression against the impoverished country has exceeded 1,500.
The UN agency released the latest figures on Tuesday, noting that at least 92 civilians were killed and 179 others suffered injuries between June 17 and July 3.
The UN report comes as local Yemeni sources say more than 4,500 people have been killed since Riyadh started its deadly airstrikes. The Saudi regime has ignored calls to halt its brutal attack on Yemeni civilians during the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadhan.
The main objective behind the Saudi aggression against Yemen was to weaken the Houthi Ansarullah movement and to restore power to the fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.
