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US sowing insecurity in Red Sea by backing Israel: Iran
Pouria Kolivand made the statement in response to “baseless” accusations made by a number of certain countries, led by the United States, against Iran at the meeting on the security status of the Red Sea, Press Tv reported.
“Iran adheres to all its obligations, but America has created insecurity in the region, including in the Red Sea, by supporting the Zionist regime,” Kolivand said.
The US and its Western government allies have for long been accusing Iran of involvement in and assistance with anti-Israel maritime operations by Yemen’s armed forces in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, an allegation adamantly rejected on numerous occasions by the Islamic Republic.
Since October last year, the Israeli regime has been involved in merciless aggression against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, which has so far claimed nearly 42,000 lives, most of them women and children.
The Yemeni armed forces have since carried out operations against Israeli shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden by targeting Israel-bound and -owned vessels in retaliation for the regime’s onslaught on the blockaded Palestinian territory.
Yemen’s Al-Masirah television network reported on Friday that the US and UK had carried out 18 airstrikes on several regions in the country, including the capital Sana’a, and the provinces of Dhamar, al-Bayda, and Hudaydah.