Iran denies involvement in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia
Iran on Friday denied having anything to do with attacks by Yemen's Houthis, a day after Saudi Arabia accused it of having encouraged the group's recent escalation against the kingdom, according to AFP.
Houthis have repeatedly struck Saudi targets including oil facilities and Riyadh's international airport, where 13 people were killed in a single attack last week.
A day earlier, a Saudi foreign ministry official said Iran had "encouraged" the escalation, which Tehran denied, AFP reported.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran rejects any claim that Iran has played a role in Yemeni (Houthi) operations," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in a statement.
"Yemen's armed forces act according to their own interests and assessments, and such claims are not credible to those familiar with relations between Iran and its friends. Nevertheless, Iran does not consider an escalation of tensions to be in the interests of any party," he added.
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