Iran Wednesday dismissed accusations by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince that it had launched a “direct military aggression” after a missile fired by Tehran-backed Yemeni rebels was intercepted near Riyadh.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, speaking by phone with his British counterpart Boris Johnson, said “the allegations by Saudi officials were contrary to reality and dangerous”, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
Zarif also slammed “provocative actions by the Saudi government in the region”, spokesman Bahram Ghassemi added.
Huthi rebels in Yemen, the targets of a two-year Saudi- led bombing campaign, fired a missile Saturday that was intercepted and destroyed near Riyadh international airport.
The attack sparked a bitter war of words between Sunni- ruled Saudi Arabia and its top regional rival, predominantly Shiite Iran.