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Iran: Military fails to resolve Yemeni crisis

ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency

Wed 15 Apr 2015 - 13:06

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said the crisis in Yemen cannot be settled militarily.

Speaking at her weekly press conference in Tehran on Wednesday, Afkham stressed that the conflict in the Arab country must be resolved through talks.

Yemen has been targeted by Saudi airstrikes since March 26 in a campaign aimed at restoring power to the fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Saudi Arabia's military aggression against the impoverished Arab country, which is being carried out without a United Nations mandate, has claimed the lives of almost 2,600 people so far.

Afkham criticized a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Yemen, saying it fell short of condemning attacks on civilians as well as the destruction of the Arab country's infrastructure.

She said that talks on the conflict in Yemen should involve all parties to the crisis, adding that such negotiations should lead to the formation of a national government.

On Tuesday, the UN Security Council passed a resolution, calling on the Houthis, who are part of the Popular Committees advancing in Yemen, to withdraw from areas they have seized, including the capital, Sana'a.

The resolution called for an immediate ceasefire and access to humanitarian aid to Yemeni people, but fell short of condemning Saudi airstrikes, Press TV reported.

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