RIYADH – The Iranian regime threatens regional and international securityand has violated international law and UN resolutions by supporting andarming terrorist groups with ballistic missiles, heat seeking missiles anddrones, the Saudi-led coalition says.

“The Iranian-backed Al Houthi terrorist militias fired at Saudi Arabiaseven ballistic missiles that bear the imprint of [the] Tehran regime,which is sponsoring terrorism and terrorists groups,” coalitionspokesperson Colonel Turki Al Malki said during a press conference held onMonday in Riyadh, Gulf News has reported.

He called on the international community and the UN Security Council totake legal action to hold the Iranian regime accountable for violating UNresolutions, including 2231 and 2216, and its breach of international law.

Col. Al Malki said that Saudi air forces managed to intercept the sevenballistic missiles.

The missile attacks represented a deadly escalation on the eve of the thirdanniversary of the Saudi-led coalition’s intervention in Yemen.

Al Houthis held a huge rally in Sana’a on Monday to mark the anniversary.

Three of the missiles were fired toward Riyadh, two toward Jazan, and oneeach toward Khamis Mushayt and Najran. They all targeted populated areas.

One Egyptian was killed and two of his countrymen were wounded by fallingshrapnel in Riyadh, authorities said, with residents reporting loudexplosions and bright flashes in the sky shortly before midnight.