Iran's Foreign Ministry: Riyadh policy to support terrorism to drag it into quagmire

Iran has strongly condemned the killing of civilians in a village in southwestern Yemen as a “blatant crime against humanity.”

“This crime is indicative of the frustration of Saudi-affiliated forces,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said.

The Iranian official added that the attacks against the people and their killing in Sarari village in Yemen’s Ta’izz Province amounted to “genocide” and “war crimes.”

Qassemi also warned Saudi Arabia against pursuing warmongering, saying the Riyadh policy to support and nurture Takfiri terrorism "will drag the regime into a quagmire."

A Yemeni local official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Saudi-backed mercenaries burned 50 civilians to death in the Yemeni village, destroyed more than 50 houses and arrested 38 people, Press-TV reports.