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Iran urges world to stop Saudi-led attacks on Yemen
Tehran, April 21
Iranian President Hassan
Rouhani on Tuesday called on the international community to condemn the
Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen and to help in halting the
aggression, which he termed as "senseless".
Rouhani made the call before leaving Tehran for Indonesia to attend an Asia-Africa meeting, Press TV reported.
Rouhani
criticised the coalition's attacks against Yemen as "senseless",
calling for talks among different Yemeni groups to resolve the Arab
country's crisis.
"Destroying the infrastructure of an impoverished country and killing children, women and men make no sense," Rouhani said.
On
Monday, at least 60 people were killed and 49 others wounded in Yemen's
capital Sanaa in one of the fiercest air raids by Saudi-led coalition
forces that began more than three weeks ago.
The Iranian leader
called for an immediate ceasefire in the Arab country, stressing that
military intervention in Yemen will not lead to anywhere and that only
dialogue among different political groups can put an end to its crisis.
Saudi
Arabia and its regional allies allege that Tehran was sending weapons
to the Yemen's Shia Houthi militant group, claims Iran strongly denie