The Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel Al-Jubeir, said yesterday that there is a possibility to reach a truce followed by a settlement in Yemen, and that the only solution in Yemen is political, and that “the Houthis are the ones who started the war, not us”, stressing that “all Yemenis, including Including the Houthis, they have a role in the future of Yemen.
In detail, the Saudi minister asserted, during his speech in the fifth edition of the Rome Forum for Mediterranean Dialogue, held in the Italian capital, that the only solution in Yemen is political, and that there is a possibility of a truce followed by a settlement in Yemen.
He pointed out that Yemen is of particular importance to his country, and Iran's interference there is devastating.
He added that Iran threatens the entire region, and its aggression can no longer be tolerated.
"We support the campaign of harsh pressure," al-Jubeir stressed, stressing that Iran must be deprived of the tools that threaten the region and the world.
He pointed out that "Iran believes in the principle of exporting the revolution, and does not respect the sovereignty of states," noting that "we must show rigor with Iran, and no one seeks war."
On Saudi-American relations, Al-Jubeir said: “The relations between us and the United States are strong and established, whatever the ruling party is.” He added: “We will work with Washington to confront Iranian interference, as we have fought together against terrorism.”
On the Palestinian issue, Al-Jubeir said: "We confirm our support for the principle of a Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital," adding, "Washington has informed us that its positions on the cause of peace weaken the two-state solution."
The US administration, yesterday, offered a reward of 15 million dollars for information on an official of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Yemen, saying that "Iran is not seeking the interests of the Yemenis."
The US special envoy to Iran, Brian Hook, stated that the official of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Yemen, Abd al-Redha Shahlaei, was involved in the assassination attempt on the Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, and other plans against Washington and the region, including the transfer of weapons to the Houthi militia.
Hook also referred to Iranian weapons recently seized by the United States in the waters of the Arabian Sea, saying at a press conference: "We have seized the largest and most dangerous arms shipment from Iran to the Houthis in Yemen." "Iran must listen to its people and stop interfering in Yemen," he added.
Commenting on the demonstrations that have pervaded Iran, since gasoline prices increased in mid-November, Hook said: "Iranian security forces may have killed more than 1,000 people, since the protests that included 100 cities began."
He continued, "The Iranian regime imposed 40 years of barbarism in the country, and the Iranian leader, Ali Khamenei, described his people as a gang."
He added, "The Iranian regime has a reliable history of killing its people, and journalists are imprisoned and assassinated in Iran."
Brian Hook, the US special envoy to Iran, said that "Tehran has no legal presence in Yemen, and is working to prolong the war at the expense of the Yemenis, and it must stop its interference in the region."
He added, during a press conference, the day before yesterday, that "the Iranian regime continues to supply its arms in the region with weapons and missiles," announcing "a reward of 15 million dollars, in exchange for information about the leader of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Yemen, and Abdul Ridha Shahili, who is involved in transferring weapons For Houthi militias, and planning attacks in the region. ”
In October 2018, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain included the name Abdul Ridha Shahlae, who holds the rank of brigadier general of the Revolutionary Guard militia, on their terrorist lists for his role in coordinating the plot to assassinate al-Jubeir.
Available information on the Iranian general, whose photos are scarce on the internet, given the highly classified nature of the work carried out by the Quds Force members during their missions outside the country, indicates his prominent role in suppressing Iranian opponents during the past years.
Shahlai is closely related to the Iranian-American, Mansour Arbab Sir, and the latter is one of those involved in the attempt to assassinate the former Saudi ambassador to Washington, Adel Al-Jubeir.
Abd al-Ridha Shahlaلاi, the arm of Qasim Soleimani, known to be one of the highest ranking generals of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard militias for nearly 20 years, began assassination plans for American soldiers in Iraq, according to information published by the Iranian resistance, which is represented by the PMOI.
Shahlae supervised the recruitment of Iraqi elements and sent to Iran to train in carrying out paramilitary operations, as well as his activity over 10 years since 2003, with the aim of establishing pro-Tehran militias in Iraq.
Abd al-Ridha Shahlahi, who was assigned from Soleimani head to lead armed militias in Iraq previously, after the American invasion in 2003, participated in missile strikes, at the orders of the Iranian guide, Ali Khamenei in 2015, targeting the Liberty camp, which was home to a large number of members of the PMOI »Near Baghdad International Airport.
It is probable that Abd al-Ridha Shahlahi asked his cousin, Mansour Arbab Sir, in early 2011, to carry out the assassination of al-Jubeir in the United States, while they were in the Kermanshah Province, the far western region of Iran, near the border with Iraq.
Shahla .. Iran's man in Yemen
Among the most dangerous elements of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards militia and the man of Iran in Yemen, Abdulredha Shahili, who has been awarded a $ 15 million cash reward by the United States for information about him leading to his arrest
Shahlai's name, seen as a Yemeni arm by Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force (the external arm of the Revolutionary Guards to carry out assassinations and espionage), is prominent as being involved in a failed assassination attempt for the Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, inside a restaurant in Georgetown in 2011. (As he was then Saudi ambassador to Washington).
Al-Jubeir stressed that Iran must be deprived
One of the tools that threatens the region and the world.
He pointed out that «Iran believes in the principle of exporting the revolution,
The sovereignty of states is not respected. ”
- Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have included Abdulredha
Shahla on the lists of terrorism they have, in
October 2018, for his role in coordinating the plot
The assassination of Al-Jubeir.