SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iran’s foreign ministry, responding to what it called “recent Yemen-linked developments”, said on Tuesday military attacks were not a solution to the crisis in the region, state media reported.
“Iran has always emphasized that the solution to any regional crisis is not to resort to war and violence, and only in a calm atmosphere… one can hope to establish peace and stability,” state media quoted ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh as saying, according to Reuters.
Khatibzadeh did not directly refer to an attack on Monday by Yemen’s Houthi movement attack on the United Arab Emirates or to air strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition on areas held by the Iran-aligned group.
Three people were killed and six wounded on Monday when three tanker trucks exploded in Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital. A Houthi military spokesman said the group fired “a large number” of drones and five ballistic missiles in the attack.
Early on Tuesday, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi group said it had begun air strikes against strongholds and camps in Sanaa belonging to the Houthi group.
At least 20 people were killed in airstrikes carried out by the coalition on Sanaa overnight, Houthi media and resident said.
