Iran’s new ambassador held a meeting with President of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen Mahdi al-Mashat on Wednesday to submit his credentials, al-Masirah television network reported.
The envoy had already submitted a copy of his credentials to the foreign minister of Yemen’s National Salvation Government.
In comments in October, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson called on the US to stop lecturing Iran and Yemen on their bilateral ties, urging Washington to instead end its malign presence in the region.
His remarks came after US State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus issued a raft of meddlesome remarks on Iran-Yemen bilateral relations.
She had addressed Iran’s recent appointment of Irloo as its new ambassador to Yemen, claiming that the Islamic Republic had “smuggled” the official into the Yemeni capital Sana’a. Ortagus also alleged that Irloo was representing Iran to Yemen’s Houthi “militias.”
The Yemeni popular defense movement, also known as Ansarullah, took over managing the country’s affairs after Yemen’s former Saudi-backed government fled to Riyadh amid a power crisis and refused to stay behind and negotiate power with the Houthis.
The Houthis have also been defending their country against the Saudi-led and US-backed war by allying themselves with the Yemeni army and Popular Committees, something that has won the praise of the nation and rallied it around the cause of resistance.