Hawzah News Agency – Iranian Foreign Ministry in statement reiterated Iran’s support for practical efforts and initiatives to lift the siege in Yemen.

The statement was released on the occasion of the 7th anniversary of Saudi-led military invasion against Yemen.

The coalition's devastating war and cruel siege against the Yemeni people enters its eighth year as it faced the resilient country with the greatest humanitarian catastrophe of the century and the direct and indirect consequences of this war have mostly affected civilians, women and innocent children, destroying the vital infrastructure and facilities of Yemen's health, livelihood, economy and educational sectors, the statement reads.

The aggressor coalition has not contented itself with bombing over the last seven years, using inhumane and illegal sieges as leverage to gain political and military concessions but is imposing the worst economic war and the most severe siege by blocking land, air and sea access routes and preventing the entry of food, fuel and other necessities of the people, it added.

This inhuman crime of the aggressor coalition continues to violate all international law and human rights in the Yemeni crisis, under the shadow of selling weapons by Western and American sponsors and the application of double standards and a biased view in the UN Security Council, it noted.

The Islamic Republic of Iran, as in the past, has supported any fair and practical efforts and initiatives to lift the siege, establish a ceasefire and start intra-Yemeni negotiations without foreign interference in the light of the UN Special Representative efforts and still considers political solution led by the Yemenis as the only solution to the Yemeni crisis, Foreign Ministry said.