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Top commander: Attacking Iranian aid ship will start war in the region

Politics Materials 13 May 2015 08:34 (UTC +04:00)
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri made the remarks in an interview with Arabic-language news channel al-Alam on Tuesday.
Top commander: Attacking Iranian aid ship will start war in the region

A senior Iranian commander has stressed that attacking the Iranian aid ship heading to Yemen will "ignite the flames of war" in the region.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri made the remarks in an interview with Arabic-language news channel al-Alam on Tuesday, Press TV reported.

Saudi Arabia, the United States, and their allies must keep in mind that if they want to block Iran's humanitarian aid to the regional countries, "they will start a fire which they cannot put out," the commander added.

"I clearly announce that the self-restraint of the Islamic Republic of Iran has its limits," Jazayeri stated.

Iran's Nejat (Rescue) cargo ship, containing 2,500 tons of much-needed aid, including food, medical supplies and tents, left the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas for Yemen on Monday.

On April 28, Saudi Arabia forced an Iranian cargo plane carrying medical aid and foodstuff for people in Yemen to return.

The Iranian aircraft, which had earlier received permits from Omani and Yemeni aviation officials to cross into Yemen's airspace, could not land at the Sana'a International Airport, as Saudi warplanes were violently striking the runway of the airport.

The development came less than a week after Saudi warplanes intercepted another Iranian airplane, carrying humanitarian aid to Yemen, and prevented it from entering the Yemeni airspace on April 22.

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