Iranians rally in protest to Saudi Arabia's airstrikes on Yemen
Yusef Jalali
Press TV, Tehran
"Stop the Saudi war on Yemen". This is what these protesters demand as they gathered outside the United Nations office in Tehran.
The rally came in reaction to last week's deadly airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition that targeted a detention facility in Yemen.
The United Nations did express its concern for the escalation of the conflict, but protesters here say it is not enough.
Saudi Arabia and its regional allies launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing former Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi back to power.
Yemen's Ansarullah movement along with the army leads the anti-Saudi resistance in the country.
These people say despite Riyadh's strong logistic support from the US and UK, Yemen has made headways against the Saudi invaders and left the Kingdom and its allies bogged down in the country.
The ongoing bombardment of civilian facilities has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead and destroyed the infrastructure of the impoverished country, not to mention the spread of infectious diseases and famine.
Saudi Arabia has also imposed an all-out blockade against Yemen, which blocks the entry of humanitarian and medical supplies into the war-torn country.
The Saudi war on Yemen is condemned here as a crime against humanity, a crime that continues to be ignored by the responsible entities in the world.
These protesters say it is time for the UN to do more than condemning the murders committed by Riyadh and take action to bring the Yemenis' suffering to an end.
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