0902 GMT March 04, 2021
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Iran called on “war enablers” to commit to stop selling arms and ammunition that are used just to claim innocent lives and further level the already destroyed properties in the war-torn Yemen.
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A media advocacy group has filed a criminal complaint with a German prosecutor accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and top aides of committing crimes against humanity in the killing of Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Ninety-nine international human rights organizations demanded a freeze on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, an immediate cessation of the war on Yemen, and lifting of a blockade on the country.
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US President Joe Biden’s first salvo on foreign policy marked a 180-degree turn on ties with Saudi Arabia, cutting off support for offensive operations in the Yemen conflict, freezing arms sales, and appointing a new envoy to push Riyadh back to the negotiating table for peace talks.
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The United Nations special envoy for Yemen is on his first visit to Iran Sunday for talks on the grinding war waged by a Saudi-led coalition in the Arab world’s poorest country.
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By Abdulaziz Sager and Hossein Mousavian*
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Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement praised Italy’s decision to halt arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates which have been waging a war on the impoverished country since 2015.
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Saudi Arabia has begun to realize that its foreign policy has been a failure and appears to be revising some aspects of it accordingly, adding that the Islamic Republic would welcome any genuine change of approach by Riyadh.
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Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said Riyadh stands ready for rapprochement with Iran, but claimed that the Islamic Republic does not commit itself to de-escalating tensions.
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US President Joe Biden's administration will quickly revisit the designation of Yemen's Houthi fighters as terrorists and end support to the devastating Saudi offensive on the country, his pick for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said.
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Iran has prevented Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from participating in the Conference on Disarmament as observers over the two regimes’ war crimes during their campaign of aggression against Yemen.
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Yemen's Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf Abdullah said as a country that keeps unleashing its war machine against the Yemeni people, Saudi Arabia cannot expect to stay safe from retaliation.
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Saudi Arabia’s voluntary oil production cut is expected to bring the oil market into deficit for most of 2021 even as new lockdowns to contain the spread of the coronavirus batter oil demand, analysts say.
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Human rights activists denounced FIFA president Gianni Infantino's starring turn in a promotional video for the Saudi Arabian government in which he claims the kingdom has made important changes.
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Qatar will not alter its relations with Iran and Turkey in a sign that it has made few concessions after securing a deal with Saudi Arabia and its allies to end a bitter dispute between the rival Persian Gulf Arab states.
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