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TEHRAN, Sept 27-Iran has slammed Britain for turning a blind eye to its destructive role in the Saudi-led war on Yemen, urging London to stop selling arms to aggressors instead of accusing others.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_“Instead of launching a smear campaign against others, Britain needs to stop making mischief in the region, selling arms to [the Saudi-led coalition of] aggressors [operating] in Yemen and participating in what the UN has approved as crimes against humanity,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said in a statement on Thursday.
The comments came after Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, pinned the blame on Iran for the September 14 Saudi oil attacks without providing any evidence for his claim.
Mousavi said the UK’s support for the aggressor side in the Yemeni war leaves no reason for the public opinion to accept the “unrealistic and one-sided” accusations by the British minister against Iran.
Blaming Britain’s political and arms support for Saudi Arabia as a key factor for the continuation of the Yemen war, the Iranian spokesman advised London to, instead of accusing others, pressure its “warmongering ally” to immediately end the destructive war on Yemen.
“Britain had better stop interfering in regional nations’ affairs and allow them to find a wise solution to put an end to the ongoing conflicts and tensions [in the region] mostly created as a result of foreign interference,” he further said, noting the UK accusations, which coincided with Iran’s recent announcement of a new initiative to ensure peace in the region, meant to undermine the proposal.
Mousavi warned that such propaganda campaign against Iran would undermine Tehran-London relations.
On September 14, Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and their allies in the Yemeni army deployed as many as 10 drones to bomb Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities run by the Saudi state-owned oil company Aramco.
The unprecedented attack knocked out more than half of Saudi crude output, or five percent of global supply, prompting Saudi and US officials to claim without any evidence that it probably originated from Iraq or Iran.
The United States and Saudi Arabia have accused Iran of carrying out the attack on Aramco installations. Tehran, however, has rejected the allegations, with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif saying Washington seems to be shifting from a failed campaign of “maximum pressure” to one of “maximum lying” and “deceit” against the Islamic Republic.
In retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s war against their country, the Yemeni army and volunteer forces led by the country’s popular Houthi movement have attacked refineries in Saudi Arabia in the past in efforts to strike at the regime’s major economic sector. The latest attack, however, hit targets that were about 500 miles deep into the Saudi territory, in one of the largest operations the Yemeni forces have launched so far.
The US-backed Saudi air campaign against neighboring Yemen has so far killed thousands of civilians, caused millions to leave or lose their homes, and sparked widespread starvation.
The UK’s accusations against Iran come as British arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been a major contributory factor to the conflict in Yemen.
Since the war against Yemen began, the UK has licensed the sale of at least £4.7bn ($6bn) worth of arms to Riyadh.
Apart from the UK, Saudi Arabia’s other allies, including the US, have also been providing the kingdom with weapons in its war against Yemen.
An American think tank said in April that it has found new data showing US arms deals with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are "dramatically understated" and billions more than previously reported.
The data collected by arms trade watchdog Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) shows the US has struck at least $68.2 billion worth of deals with the two countries since they started their war in Yemen.
source:presstv
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