Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei
The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the repeated attacks by the US military on various areas of Yemen, targeting the country’s infrastructure and residential areas.
On Friday night, Esmaeil Baghaei called the US military aggression against Yemen a clear violation of Yemen’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
He described it as a gross violation of the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law.
Baghaei emphasized that these attacks are considered war crimes and crimes against humanity because they target residential areas and vital infrastructure in Yemen.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman expressed regret over the inaction of the United Nations and the UN Security Council in response to the US's blatant violation of international law.
He condemned Washington’s continued aggression against Yemen, along with the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the West Bank and the Zionist regime's terrorist actions against Lebanon.
Baghaei said that these attacks are contributing to the increasing insecurity in the West Asian region.
He added that they reminded all countries in the region of the shared responsibility to confront the Zionist regime and the US.
Nearly 70 inmates were killed and more than 50 more wounded in the US airstrike that targeted one of the detention centers designated for African migrants in Sa’ada province of Yemen on Monday.
The UN chief’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, said the airstrikes “pose a growing risk to the civilian population” in the Arab country, including women and children.
Yemen's Ansarullah movement also denounced the strike as a "brutal crime," accusing Washington of deliberately targeting civilians under the guise of military operations.
In reaction to the atrocities committed by Israel in Gaza and the aggression of the US and UK against Yemen, the Yemeni Armed Forces have initiated a series of strikes aimed at Israeli, American, and British interests in the Red Sea and adjacent regions.
Yemeni naval and air force units conducted a joint operation against the Nimitz-class vessel of the United States Navy and other American warships, using several homegrown cruise and ballistic missiles as well as combat drones.
