Iran urges int'l community to stop Saudi-led attacks in Yemen

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday called on the international community to condemn the Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen and to help stop the aggression, according to Press TV.

Rouhani made the call before leaving Tehran for Indonesia to attend an Asia-Africa meeting.

Rouhani criticized the coalition's attacks against Yemen as "senseless," urging 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 was quoted as saying.

On Monday, at least 60 people were killed and 49 others wounded in Yemen's capital of 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 cease-fire 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 is sending weapons to the Yemen's Shiite Houthi militant group, claims Iran strongly denies.

On Saturday, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said that Iran supports the Yemeni people in their strife for civil rights, national sovereignty and independence.

The UN Security Council passed a resolution last Tuesday imposing an arms embargo on Shiite Houthis in Yemen. It also called on the Houthis to withdraw from areas they have seized, including Sanaa. Endit