Iran Condemns Israeli Strike on Yemen Airport as War Crime
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Decrying the latest Israeli airstrike on Yemen’s main airport in Sana’a as a glaring example of a war crime, the spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry warned of the Zionist regime’s attempts to spread war throughout the region.
In a statement released on Wednesday night, Esmaeil Baqaei strongly condemned the Israeli attacks on the airport of Sana’a that have destroyed civilian airplanes.
He said the strike laid bare the Zionist regime’s savagery and hostility toward the Muslim people of Yemen and the region.
The military strike that has been carried out during the Hajj season in order to prevent the transfer of Yemeni pilgrims to Saudi Arabia was a grave crime, Baqaei added, calling on international organizations, particularly the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), to deal with the situation seriously and immediately.
The spokesman denounced the Israeli regime’s recurrent attacks on the economic infrastructures and civilian facilities of Yemen, such as the ports, airports, and food storage facilities, as a blatant example of a war crime and crime against humanity.
The Zionist regime’s barbaric enmity towards the Muslim nations in West Asia indicates its inherent unfamiliarity with the regional people and proves the Zionist leaders’ attempt to spread war and insecurity throughout the region and the world.
He further reminded all countries of their moral and legal responsibility to counter the Israeli regime’s crimes and law-breaking in Palestine and the other regional countries.
Baqaei warned that the Zionist regime’s impunity in the wake of the UN Security Council’s inaction and the massive support from the US has had irreparable consequences for the system of norms based on the UN Charter and unprecedentedly jeopardized international peace and security.
Al Masirah TV reported on Wednesday that four Israeli airstrikes hit the runway of the airport in Sana’a, completely destroying the last of the civilian planes that Yemenia Airways was operating from the airport.
The Yemenia plane was scheduled to take those performing the Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
Sana’a airport, the largest in Yemen, came back into service last week after temporary repairs and runway restoration following previous Israeli attacks.
It was mainly used by United Nations aircraft and the only remaining civilian aircraft of Yemenia Airways, after three others were destroyed in the last attack.
