Iran: US airstrikes on Yemen war crimes, violation of international law

Iran has strongly condemned the US's “repeated and aggressive” airstrikes on Yemen as war crimes and a violation of international law and the United Nations Charter. 

“The US's aggressive and repeated attacks on Yemen are a gross violation of the principles and rules of international law and the United Nations Charter,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Sunday.

These attacks are also a violation of the rules and principles of international humanitarian law and an example of a war crime, he added.

He hailed the solidarity of the Yemeni people with the oppressed people in Palestine which is rooted in the Yemenis’ faith and belief in supporting the oppressed against occupation and genocide.

The Iranian spokesperson also called on the Muslim world, regional countries and the UN to take serious measures against the attacks by the US, Britain and the Israeli regime on Yemen.

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The Yemeni foreign minister has held the supporters of the Zionist regime responsible for the ongoing acts of aggression against his country.

The United States and Britain have been carrying out military strikes in Yemen for nearly a year in violation of the country’s sovereignty and international law.

The illegal air raids came in response to Yemen’s maritime campaign in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amid a genocidal Israeli war.

The Gaza Health Ministry said on Sunday that at least 45,259 people have been killed and 107,627 injured during more than 14 months of the Israeli regime’s genocidal war.

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