Iran's Top General Admits For The First Time That Tehran Is Supporting The Houthis In Yemen

Iranian Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Baqeri [almashhad-alyemeni]

Middle East Monitor: Iran admits supporting Houthis in Yemen for the first time

Iran has long denied providing any military support for the Houthis in Yemen. However, it has acknowledged for the first time since the outbreak of the war in Yemen in 2015, that the Revolutionary Guards offered “advisory and intellectual support” to its ally, the Houthi group.

Iranian Chief of Staff, Major General Mohammed Bagheri, admitted providing this kind of support to Houthis, in an interview with Phoenix Chinese TV Channel.

According to Bagheri, Iran provided advisory support, weapons and equipment to Iraq and Syria at the request of their governments, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was, of course, responsible for that mission. The Maj. Gen. did not deny the Iranian army’s assistance to the IRGC forces there.

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WNU Editor: Iranian Chief of Staff, Major General Mohammed Bagheri, does not mention how many Iranian personnel are in Yemen. And .... to the best of my knowledge .... there has been no photos or videos of Iranians working with the Houthis in Yemen. So his admission is a surprise. What is also a surprise is that no major news network has picked up this story (so far).

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