ISLAMABAD – Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement has strongly dismissedIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s allegations that Iran isseeking the means to launch precision-guided missiles at theIsraeli-occupied territories from Yemen, stressing that such remarks aremeant to prolong the Saudi-led military campaign against the Yemeni nation.
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Committeeof Yemen, said on Tuesday that Netanyahu contradicts himself, as he says onone occasion that Iranians have given ballistic missiles to Yemeni forcesand claims another time that the Islamic Republic is developing thecapacity to produce such armament, Yemen’s official Saba news agencyreported link, Press TV has reported.
“How quickly has Iran’s ambition to develop such missiles been realizedthat it has even exported them to Yemen?” the top Houthi officialquestioned.
He further noted that Netanyahu’s remarks during his meeting with USTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Jerusalem al-Quds attests to the factthat the Tel Aviv regime is a dominant partner in the Saudi-led aggressionagainst Yemen.[image: PressTV-Iran’s IRGC rejects Saudi claim of missile transfer toYemen]link
Netanyahu had said, “Iran wants to develop precision-guided missiles thatcan hit any target in Israel within five to ten meters.”
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“Iran hopes to use Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen as bases to attackIsrael with statistical missiles and precision-guided missiles. That is agreat, great danger,” the Israeli prime minister claimed.
Netanyahu then urged US President Donald Trump’s administration to step upsanctions on Iran over its nuclear program and regional activities. – PressTV
