Iran Says Saudi Membership in UNHRC Reward for Crimes in Yemen

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Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said Saudi Arabia is being rewarded for its terrible crimes in Yemen, by being given a seat at the Human Rights Council.

Pointing to the claims made by US Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan, Ghasemi said "such false claims arise while arms manufacturers, warmongers and merchants of death continue selling lethal weapons to Saudi Arabia, despite objections and protests of human societies and NGOs.

Donegan claimed they believe Iran had supplied weapons to the Yemeni Ansarullah revolutionaries in Yemen - including coastal defense cruise missiles.

"Daily, countless US deadly weapons, bombs and missiles lands on defenseless and oppressed civilians in schools, hospitals, prisons and houses in Yemen by Saudi coalition; It is named nothing but war crimes," Ghasemi noted.

In recent days, Ghasemi said, people in the world had seen an increase and escalation of brutal attacks of Saudi Arabia on Yemen's civilians.

He added that they continue their terrible crimes with the support of some powers and even more regrettable is rewarding the country for the killing and incineration with the support of its membership in the UN Human Rights Council, "bitter tragedy that will be registered forever as a black stain in the history of mankind," he concluded.

Saudi Arabia was re-elected to the UNHRC on October 28 despite calls by rights groups to reject Riyadh's candidacy over its indiscriminate targeting of civilians in Yemen.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team