Iran, UK FMs discuss Red Sea developments
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron announced that he had discussed the developments in Red Sea in a phone talk with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Sunday.
“I spoke to @Amirabdolahian today about Houthi attacks in the Red Sea,” which Cameron said, “threaten innocent lives and the global economy”.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry did not issue any statement regarding this conversation.
Reiterating his country’s claim, Cameron wrote on his X account, “I made clear that Iran shares responsibility for preventing these attacks given their long-standing support to the Houthis.”
A British government spokesperson in early December had claimed that Iran bears responsibility for the actions of the resistance groups in the region.
“As we’ve previously stated, Iran has long provided military and political support to Houthi militants and it bears responsibility for the actions of its proxies and partners,” the British spokesperson had said in a statement.
Iran at the time rejected “unfounded” allegations made by the UK government over Tehran’s role in resistance groups’ attacks against Israel and US targets in the region. Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that the British government tries to achieve its special political goals by making such allegations. He said that London is trying to distort the realities of the region.
Following the escalation of tensions in the Gaza Strip, the Yemeni armed forces announced that they would carry out attacks against the Zionist regime until the aggression against Gaza is stopped, and they will not allow any Israeli ships to travel in the waters of the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. Claims against Iran’s role regarding the actions of the Yemeni armed forces come as the resistance groups in the region act completely independently based on their own decision about the security of their countries or to support the oppressed Palestinian nation.