Iran is not directing Houthis or other groups to launch attacks, Iran’s U.N. envoy says
Iran does not exert control over the militants in the Middle East that are launching attacks on the U.S. and Israel, Iran’s U.N. ambassador told NBC News’ Lester Holt in an interview.
Iran is not providing weapons to Houthi forces in Yemen and does not exert control over the militants or other armed groups in the region that are launching attacks on the U.S. and Israel, Iran’s U.N. ambassador told NBC News’ Lester Holt in an interview.
Asked whether Iran is arming Houthi militants who have unleashed dozens of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in recent months, Amir Saeid Iravani said: “Not at all.”
He added that the Houthis “have their own weapons” and that Iran does not issue instructions about how they should use them.
Describing Iran’s relationship with armed groups that Tehran calls the “Axis of Resistance,” Iravani said his government has something akin to a “defense pact” with the groups that he compared to the NATO alliance.
“We are not directing them. We are not commanding them. We have a common consultation with each other,” Iravani said.
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