Iran’s Shamkhani Bemoans UN Inaction on Foreign Invasion of Yemen
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani chided the United Nations for its muted response to foreign military attacks on Yemen that have wreaked havoc on the Arab country.
“The United Nation’s lack of serious reaction to the foreign interference in Yemen and military offensive against that country without a mandate… is not acceptable,” Shamkhani said in a meeting with Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Jan Kenneth Eliasson, in Tehran on Tuesday.
The top Iranian official also voiced concern that the Saudi-led military campaign against Yemen has destroyed the Arab country’s infrastructures and has jeopardized human life there.
Shamkhani also questioned the UN’s indifference to illegitimate measures such as military strikes, funding and arming terrorists and suppression of Muslims in Palestine.
For his part, Eliasson deplored the turbulent political situation in the Middle East region, saying the crises in Yemen, Syria and Iraq have caused great pains and instability.
Given the growing threat of the proxy wars, efforts should be made to settle the disputes peacefully after putting an immediate end to the conflicts, the UN official noted.
Yemeni people have been under massive attacks by a Saudi-led coalition since March 26.
More than 4,000 Yemenis, many of them children and women, have been killed in the aggression against the Arab country so far.
