‘Yemen entrapped in criminal assaults of US, Saudi Arabia, Israel’

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan underlined that Washington and Tel Aviv are the main supporters of the Saudi-led aggression against Yemen.

“Yemen is under the criminal assaults of Saudi Arabia, the US and Israel …,” Brigadier General Dehqan said, addressing the Fourth International Security Meeting in Moscow on Thursday.

He noted that the US and the Zionist regime of Israel trying to compensate for their political and military defeats by waging proxy wars in the region.

Yet, the Iranian defense minister said, the US and “the Zionist regime” as well as their regional allies have failed to achieve their goals.

“We are witnessing the spread of the ISIL to Afghanistan and Pakistan to join the Taliban and the Al-Qaeda that have been in those countries since many years ago,” Brigadier General Dehqan warned, demanding collective action to stop the spread and growth of terrorism in the region.

The Fourth Moscow Conference on International Security kicked off in Moscow on Thursday.

Representatives from over 40 world states attend the two-day international conference.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) moves, the latest developments in the Middle East region and the Yemeni crisis are among the major issues for discussion in the Moscow conference.