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Iran says ‘pleased’ with US talk of peace process in Yemen

Wednesday, 05 April 2023 10:04 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 05 April 2023 10:18 AM ]

Supporters of Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement take part in a rally marking the eighth anniversary of the Saudi-led war, in Sana’a, on March 26, 2023. (Photo by AFP)

Iran has welcomed a fresh call by the United States to help end the Yemen conflict, saying it is “pleased” with Washington’s talk of the peace process in the war-torn country.

US Special Envoy for Yemen Timothy Lenderking on Tuesday urged Tehran to back a political solution to the ongoing crisis in Yemen, as the Saudi-led war enters its ninth year.

“We are pleased that the US government envoy is talking about the peace process in Yemen, a procedure that the Islamic Republic of Iran has emphasized and made efforts toward since the beginning of the war on Yemen,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani responded in a tweet on Wednesday.

خبرگزاری‌ها: نماینده ویژه آمریکا در امور یمن از ایران خواست تا با حمایت از روند صلح به پایان جنگ در یمن کمک کند.

پ.ن: جای خرسندی است که نماینده دولت آمریکا از روند صلح در یمن صحبت می‌کند، روندی که ج.ا.ایران از ابتدای آغاز جنگ یمن بر آن تأکید داشته و برای آن تلاش کرده است.
— Nasser Kanaani (@IRIMFA_SPOX) April 5, 2023

Saudi Arabia and its allies launched the devastating war on Yemen in March 2015 with armed and logistical support from the US and other Western powers, leaving hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead.

The war has also displaced millions of people, destroyed the country’s infrastructure, and spawned the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe.

A UN-brokered ceasefire between the Ansarullah resistance movement and the self-proclaimed Yemeni regime, which is supported by Saudi Arabia, took effect on April 2, 2022, but it expired six months later.

UN says Yemen facing 'critical time', urges more steps toward lasting peace in war-torn country

The UN special envoy to Yemen urges the warring sides to take more steps toward realization of a lasting peace in the war-torn country.

In a statement issued on the ceasefire’s anniversary, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg called the ceasefire a “moment of hope” and said it was largely holding.

Speaking at the Middle East Institute in Washington, Lenderking said the US “would like to see the Iranians show support for the political process that we hope is coming.”

He further noted favorably that Iran welcomed the Yemen truce a year ago.

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