Iran Complains to Red Cross After Saudis Block Flights to Yemen
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has complained to the International Committee of the Red Cross that humanitarian aid sent to Yemen was blocked by Saudi Arabia. Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called Peter Maurer, the president of the ICRC, after a second Iranian aid plane was turned back by Saudi Arabian jets on Friday, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported. The Saudis are leading airstrikes against Shiite rebels who have the upper hand in Yemen’s civil war, accusing them of being tools of Iran. While the rebels have broadened ...
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