In a statement released on Sunday, the Iranian official dismissed Al-Qiribi's comments as baseless and bare of truth, urging the Yemeni government to heed the demands of its people instead of falsely accusing and placing the blame on others.
He clearly noted that Tehran stands by the Yemeni people side and their rightful demands, stressing that the upcoming national dialogue is the only and best solution to exit from the current bad situation in Yemen.
He said that Iran is interested in the stability and peace of the region, showing his confidence that the Yemeni people would not allow any one to hijack their revolution.
The relations between Sana'a and Tehran has been sharply downgraded as of 2007, when the former President President-for-Life
Ali Abdullah Saleh... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
accused Iran of supporting the Shiite Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the
Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates....
insurgency in the north of his country.