“What is happening in Yemen is not linked to Iran,” Pezeshkian said (Photo: Reuters)
Pezeshkian accused the United States and Israel of making the Gulf countries fight each other, so that they can control the region’s wealth. This statement follows weeks of intensifying violence between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, during which the Iran-backed group has launched barrages of missiles and drones at the kingdom, prompting Saudi airstrikes in response.
He said Iran was attacked “from the airspace of Muslim countries” They are “pitting Muslim countries against one another”, he said, while highlighting that a “brother” should not fight another. Pezeshkian said that his country will not be a warmonger and has offered to “help resolve the dispute” that escalated in the past few weeks. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday denied any involvement of Iran in the re-escalated Houthi-Saudi conflict, offering to help resolve the conflict.
Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces subsequently lost control of the critical Bab el-Mandeb waterway, dealing a significant setback to the kingdom.
US President Donald Trump has reportedly rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week, keeping the possibility of further strikes open, according to unnamed US officials cited by The Wall Street Journal.