Iran's support for Yemen is of the political type, and the Islamic Republic of Iran backs the peaceful resolution of the Yemen crisis and the UN's efforts to settle the disastrous war in a political way, Iran Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Iranian foreign minister referred to US crimes in Yemen, saying Arab oil is more important than its blood in US' policy.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in two separate messages highlighted wide-scale war crimes perpetrated by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen enjoying logistical support from the US, saying that ending the war is the only solution to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
Yemen's Houthi group has unilaterally agreed to withdraw forces from three key ports, the United Nations said on Friday, a move needed to pave the way for political negotiations to end the country's four-year war.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a telephone call from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday to discuss progress on resolving the war in Yemen and other regional issues, Saudi Press Agency reported.
A Saudi-led coalition launched several air strikes on the Houthi-held capital Sanaa overnight, stoking tensions among Yemen’s warring parties as the United Nations struggles to implement a peace deal reached last month.
Senior Advisor to Iran’s Foreign Minister in Political Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari and the UN’s Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Partnerships in the Middle East and Central Asia Rashid Khalikov have discussed the Yemen Crisis in Tehran.
Britain on Monday announced it was urging UN Security Council to act over the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, saying there now "appears to be a window" for a peace deal.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have admitted that the bombing of a school bus in Yemen last month - which killed 51 people, including 40 children - was "unjustified".
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday welcomed the recent statements by a number of "respectable" political figures of Daesh to halt war for three months in Yemen.
