Iran supports peace agreement in Yemen

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the Islamic Republic supports the peace agreement between Yemeni president and opposition.

Iranian diplomat also invited all political parties in Yemen to implement the agreement and continue the national dialogue to complete the political process in the country, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported Sept. 23.

Amir Abdollahian added that Tehran supports an “independent, united, stable and secure” Yemen where all parties would fulfill their obligations.

He said that the Yemeni government and people “will not allow Takfiri terrorists to divert the path of peaceful public demands and political reconciliation towards extremism and violence.”

An UN-brokered peace deal between Houthi fighters (a Shia group also known as Ansarullah, or Partisans of God) and Yemen’s government has been signed On Sept. 21.

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