Iran Condemns Saudi Bombing of MSF Hospital in Yemen
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a recent missile strike by Saudi-led military coalition on a hospital run by the medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in northern Yemen.
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said on Wednesday that the airstrikes by the Saudi-led military campaign have left Yemen on the brink of a “humanitarian catastrophe.”
Her comments came after missile strikes by the Saudi-led military coalition destroyed a hospital in north of Yemen late on Monday. The hospital, run by the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was located in the Heedan district of Yemen's province of Sa’ada.
The medical center was reportedly run under the auspices of the UN Children's Fund and the World Health Organization.
Elsewhere in her comments, the Iranian spokeswoman said the invaders seek a complete destruction of Yemen, noting that the nonstop bombardment of the Yemeni cities has caused grave humanitarian situation in the Arab country.
She also deplored a muted response by the UN Security Council and the international community to the war crimes in Yemen, saying the lack of strong stances on the airstrikes have made the Saudi-led coalition to feel no compunction about hitting the medical centers run by the international humanitarian organizations.
Afkham added that the failure to force the aggressors to accept responsibility for their deadly attacks have led to an unprecedented spread of chaos, terrorism and insecurity across the region.
Earlier on Tuesday, the United Nations also condemned the attack on the hospital in Yemen, calling for an immediate probe into the incident.
“The Secretary-General (Ban Ki-moon) calls for a prompt, effective and impartial investigation in order to ensure accountability,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
Since March 26, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies, including the UAE, have been launching airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement in an attempt to restore power to the fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.
More than 4,000 people, many of them children and women, have been killed in the Saudi-led aggression against the Arab country so far.