Iran Warns of New Threats Posed to Region by US Proxy Wars

Head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization warns of threats posed to the Midle East by US "proxy wars" as the situation in Yemen deteriorates.

Head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali warned that the US is a threat to the region as it aims to conduct proxy wars in collaboration with regional states, FNA reported.

"The Americans' new policy is non-interference in the regional conflicts from now on and conducting proxy wars instead," Jalali said addressing a forum in Tehran on Saturday.

He specified that the Saudi-led coalition, which has been conducting airstrikes in Yemen, has been formed to implement Washington's new plots.

Jalali said that Washington’s latest proxy war is against Yemen, as the US supplies arms to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has been bombing Yemen for the last 94 days to bring its ally, fugitive president Mansour Hadi, back to power.

The airstrikes have so far killed more than 4,736 civilians, mostly women and children.

According to a recent report by Freedom House Foundation, most of the victims of the deadly Saudi air campaign are civilians, including a large number of women and children.