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Iran won’t allow Saudi-led forces to inspect its Yemen-bound ship

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Iran Shahed cargo ship
Iran Shahed cargo ship

Iran will not allow Saudi-led naval forces to inspect a cargo ship bound for Yemen under military escort, foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said, in a challenge to the kingdom’s control of Yemeni waters.

A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia has imposed inspections on all ships entering Yemen in an attempt to prevent weapons being smuggled to the rebel Houthi group that controls much of the country.

“Permission to inspect the ship carrying humanitarian aid from Iran will not be given to countries participating in the Yemen conflict,” Afkham was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency on Wednesday.

Iran on Tuesday said warships would escort the Iran Shahed cargo ship, which it says is carrying humanitarian supplies, to the rebel-held port of Hodaida in western Yemen as a cease-fire between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis went into effect.

The United States criticized the move and urged Iran to redirect the ship to Djibouti, from where the United Nations is coordinating aid distribution.

Saudi Arabia has accused Tehran of arming the Houthis, charges the Islamic Republic denies.

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6 responses to “Iran won’t allow Saudi-led forces to inspect its Yemen-bound ship”

  1. O Avatar
    O

    Iran is asking for war. Hopefully war is taken to the heart of Tehran.

  2. Fauzia45 Avatar
    Fauzia45

    Iran is diverting attention from the problems it is facing at home!!!!!

  3. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    Couldn’t someone just sink this ship?? I mean, really — why not?

  4. Rascal Avatar
    Rascal

    Everyone knows Iran is trying to sneak weapons in. This is just the deceitful way that Iran operates. The current government of Iran has certainly lead the country down a path of conflict and isolation.

    1. Andari Avatar
      Andari

      I honestly think they are humanitarian supplies. Iran is hoping the Saudi’s stop the boat and look like the bad guys when the media shows them pulling out canned food and female hygiene products. However, if the Saudi’s allow this one to pass, it would give Iran precedent to to send more humanitarian ships, and hidden among them will be weapons for the Houthi.

      1. Rascal Avatar
        Rascal

        Iran is not complying and wish to go unchecked, that can not happen. They must submit to to operation control (the US ) and Arab coalition. The Saudi are not the bad guy for wanting inspections, Iran is actively supporting the Houti and would love to smuggle arms to further Houthi rebellion against the Saudis. They can simply not be trusted.

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