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Iran warns about humanitarian situation in Yemen

Politics Materials 6 May 2015 12:05 (UTC +04:00)
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Marzieh Afkham warned about catastrophic humanitarian situation in Yemen.
Iran warns about humanitarian situation in Yemen

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Marzieh Afkham warned about catastrophic humanitarian situation in Yemen.

Speaking in a weekly press conference on May 6, she urged the international community to prevent humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen.

Yemeni people are in critical need of water, electricity and other essential needs, the official underlined, Iran's IRNA news agency reported.

She noted that Iran will continue efforts for release of humanitarian aid to the Yemeni people and it will do its best to resolve the crisis there.

The Saudi Arabia-led coalition has imposed an air and naval blockade on Yemen as part of its one-month campaign to oust the Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi rebels, who have taken most of the country and forced President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to flee to Riyadh.

Saudi fighter jets have prevented Iranian planes from entering Yemeni airspace in recent weeks.

Iran says that the planes were carrying humanitarian aid to Yemen, meanwhile Saudi Arabia accuse the country of providing military support to the Yemeni Shiite rebels.

Elsewhere in her remarks, Afkham said that crew of Maersk ship are free.

Iran's Foreign Ministry had earlier announced that the MV Maersk Tigris - which was sailing with the flag of Marshal Islands last week - had been seized in the Gulf waters upon an order by a court in Tehran. This, it said, followed a lawsuit filed by Pars Talaeyeh over a financial dispute with Maersk.

The ministry added that the ship will be free to go once its row with the Iranian company is resolved.

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