Attacking Iranian aid ship will start war in the region: Top commander

[Shahryar Hedayati]

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri

A senior Iranian commander has stressed that attacking the Iranian aid ship heading to Yemen will “ignite the flames of war” in the region.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri made the remarks in an interview with Arabic-language news channel al-Alam on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia, the United States, and their allies must keep in mind that if they want to block Iran's humanitarian aid to the regional countries, “they will start a fire which they cannot put out,” the commander added.

“I clearly announce that the self-restraint of the Islamic Republic of Iran has its limits,” Jazayeri stated.

Iran’s Nejat (Rescue) cargo ship, containing 2,500 tons of much-needed aid, including food, medical supplies and tents, left the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas for Yemen on Monday.

Dubbed Rescue, Iran's ship is set to carry a group of humanitarian aid workers, medical technicians, and peace activists from the US, France, Germany, and Iran, along with a shipment of humanitarian aid, from the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province to Yemen. (IRNA photo)
On April 28, Saudi Arabia forced an Iranian cargo plane carrying medical aid and foodstuff for people in Yemen to return.

The Iranian aircraft, which had earlier received permits from Omani and Yemeni aviation officials to cross into Yemen’s airspace, could not land at the Sana’a International Airport, as Saudi warplanes were violently striking the runway of the airport.

The development came less than a week after Saudi warplanes intercepted another Iranian airplane, carrying humanitarian aid to Yemen, and prevented it from entering the Yemeni airspace on April 22.

Naval protection

On Tuesday, a senior Iranian commander said that Iran’s navy will protect the cargo ship on route to Yemen.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran’s 34th naval group, which is currently in the Gulf of Aden and Bab al-Mandab Strait, is responsible for supporting Iran’s humanitarian aid cargo ship,” IRNA quoted Admiral Hossein Azad as saying on Tuesday.

He added that the naval group includes the Alborz destroyer and the Bushehr logistic ship, which are both currently on a 90-day mission, “demonstrating Iran’s navel might, insure the security of international shipping lines and defend the country’s interests.”

Pentagon warning

Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren told reporters on Tuesday that the cargo ships’ escort is “absolutely unnecessary.”

Earlier in the day, a US defense official said that reports pertaining to the Iranian Navy escorting the aid ship are worrying.

The United States has information that the Iranian aid ship does not contain weapons, the official added.

The Pentagon has also said the ship should change course and head to Djibouti, where the UN is supervising humanitarian deliveries.


Saudi violates ceasefire

Earlier on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia violated a ceasefire in Yemen immediately after it was in place.

Four raids were carried out by Saudi jets in the southwestern Lahij province, the eastern Hajjah province, and the northwestern Sa’ada province.

Saudi Arabia started its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 -- without a UN mandate -- in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement, which currently controls Sana’a and other major provinces, and to restore power to Yemen’s fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh.

According to the latest UN figures, the Saudi military campaign has so far claimed the lives of over 1,400 people and injured close to 6,000 people, roughly half of whom have been civilians.

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PressTV-‘Attacking Iranian aid ship will spark war’

 

[Shahryar Hedayati]

Iran promises to protect aid ship bound for Yemen

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's navy said Tuesday it will protect an aid ship traveling to Yemen where a five-day humanitarian cease-fire is set to begin between a Saudi-led coalition and Shiite rebels and their allies. The U.S. quickly warned against the move, which comes amid heightened tensions after the Islamic Republic seized a cargo ship in recent weeks.

The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Iranian Admiral Hossein Azad as saying that the 34th naval group "is present in the Gulf of Aden and Bab al-Mandab strait and has been given the specific mission of protecting the humanitarian aid ship." That naval group includes the frigate Alborz and logistic ship Bushehr, which are on a 90-day anti-piracy assignment in the region.

Iranian state television reported Tuesday that the ship, the Iran Shahed, carried food, medicine, tents and blankets, as well as reporters, rescue workers and peace activists. It said the ship is expected to arrive at Yemen's port city of Hodeida next week.

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Iran promises to protect alleged aid ship bound for Yemen - CBS News

Iran threatens war if ‘aid ship’ to Yemen attacked

Iran threatened to declare war on any country that attacks a ship it says contains humanitarian aid currently making its way to Yemen, accompanied by warships. The warning came amid heightened tensions after the Islamic Republic seized a cargo ship last month.

Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier-General Massoud Jazzayeri warned that any attack on “the Iranian Red Crescent aid ship will spark war in the region. And this fire may not be put out or brought under control.”


“The US and Saudi Arabia should know that Iran’s self-restraint has a limit,” he told the Arabic-language TV Alalam, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.

The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Iranian Admiral Hossein Azad as saying that the 34th naval group “is present in the Gulf of Aden and Bab al-Mandab strait and has been given the specific mission of protecting the humanitarian aid ship.” That naval group includes the destroyer Alborz and logistic ship Bushehr, which are on a 90-day anti-piracy assignment in the region.

The aid ship left southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Monday and its destination is Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah on the Red Sea.

According to a statement allegedly released by aid workers, the ship carries 2,500 tons of medical supplies, flour, water and other aid, as well as relief workers, doctors, journalists and peace activists.

Iran threatens war if 'aid ship' to Yemen attacked | The Times of Israel

 

[Falcon29]

When is it supposed to arrive? Answer me quick before this turns into trollfest.

 

[TurAr]

These random bearded generals of Iran that pops up on TVs every now and then, threatening other countries with war, should immediately be taken under control. Or at the very least their "Iran Stronk" propaganda over threatening others with war should be kept limited to Iranians only, in case, though not likely, any country take these retards serious.

 

[Falcon29]

These random bearded generals of Iran that pops up on TVs every now and then, threatening other countries with war, should immediately be taken under control. Or at the very least their "Iran Stronk" propaganda over threatening others with war should be kept limited to Iranians only, in case, though not likely, any country take these retards serious.

I believe it's just in order to raise morale of Houthis plus domestic consumption. If they really are sending a cargo ship, they will dock wherever UN/US requests.

 

[Shahryar Hedayati]

Go Iran Shahed!

 

[Max]

They issue new threats daily what special about it?

 

[Zarvan]

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri

A senior Iranian commander has stressed that attacking the Iranian aid ship heading to Yemen will “ignite the flames of war” in the region.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri made the remarks in an interview with Arabic-language news channel al-Alam on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia, the United States, and their allies must keep in mind that if they want to block Iran's humanitarian aid to the regional countries, “they will start a fire which they cannot put out,” the commander added.

“I clearly announce that the self-restraint of the Islamic Republic of Iran has its limits,” Jazayeri stated.

Iran’s Nejat (Rescue) cargo ship, containing 2,500 tons of much-needed aid, including food, medical supplies and tents, left the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas for Yemen on Monday.

Dubbed Rescue, Iran's ship is set to carry a group of humanitarian aid workers, medical technicians, and peace activists from the US, France, Germany, and Iran, along with a shipment of humanitarian aid, from the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province to Yemen. (IRNA photo)
On April 28, Saudi Arabia forced an Iranian cargo plane carrying medical aid and foodstuff for people in Yemen to return.

The Iranian aircraft, which had earlier received permits from Omani and Yemeni aviation officials to cross into Yemen’s airspace, could not land at the Sana’a International Airport, as Saudi warplanes were violently striking the runway of the airport.

The development came less than a week after Saudi warplanes intercepted another Iranian airplane, carrying humanitarian aid to Yemen, and prevented it from entering the Yemeni airspace on April 22.

Naval protection

On Tuesday, a senior Iranian commander said that Iran’s navy will protect the cargo ship on route to Yemen.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran’s 34th naval group, which is currently in the Gulf of Aden and Bab al-Mandab Strait, is responsible for supporting Iran’s humanitarian aid cargo ship,” IRNA quoted Admiral Hossein Azad as saying on Tuesday.

He added that the naval group includes the Alborz destroyer and the Bushehr logistic ship, which are both currently on a 90-day mission, “demonstrating Iran’s navel might, insure the security of international shipping lines and defend the country’s interests.”

Pentagon warning

Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren told reporters on Tuesday that the cargo ships’ escort is “absolutely unnecessary.”

Earlier in the day, a US defense official said that reports pertaining to the Iranian Navy escorting the aid ship are worrying.

The United States has information that the Iranian aid ship does not contain weapons, the official added.

The Pentagon has also said the ship should change course and head to Djibouti, where the UN is supervising humanitarian deliveries.


Saudi violates ceasefire

Earlier on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia violated a ceasefire in Yemen immediately after it was in place.

Four raids were carried out by Saudi jets in the southwestern Lahij province, the eastern Hajjah province, and the northwestern Sa’ada province.

Saudi Arabia started its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 -- without a UN mandate -- in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement, which currently controls Sana’a and other major provinces, and to restore power to Yemen’s fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh.

According to the latest UN figures, the Saudi military campaign has so far claimed the lives of over 1,400 people and injured close to 6,000 people, roughly half of whom have been civilians.

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PressTV-‘Attacking Iranian aid ship will spark war’

Iran should stay away from yemen.

 

[Shahryar Hedayati]

International humanitarian activists set to sail for Yemen on Iranian ship


Dubbed Rescue, Iran's ship is set to carry a group of humanitarian aid workers, medical technicians, and peace activists from the US, France, Germany, and Iran, along with a shipment of humanitarian aid, from the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province to Yemen. (IRNA photo)


A group of humanitarian aid workers, medical technicians, and peace activists from the US, France, and Germany along with journalists and physicians from Iran is setting sail for war-torn Yemen on Iranian “Rescue” ship.

“We are part of a humanitarian mission being carried out by the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran. We are attempting to bring medical supplies, flour, and water to the people of Yemen,” read a joint statement released by members of Code Pink Women for Peace,International Action Center, United National AntiWar Committee, and US Veterans for Peace on Sunday.

A large number of physicians and a few journalists from Iran are with us on the ship and we intend to deliver “2,500 tons of medical supplies, foodstuff and tents” to the Hudaydah port on the Red Sea, the capital of the western Yemeni province of Al Hudaydah.

The ship, named Iran Shahed, is preparing to set sail for Yemen from the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, in Hormozgan province.

In an exclusive Press TV report, the ship’s captain, Vahid Soltaninejad, said that after leaving Bandar Abbas, they would travel through the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, and into the Gulf of Aden, where they might dock, or travel on to the Hudaydah port.


“Everything on the ship has been carefully checked to make sure that nothing that could be considered a weapon is on board,” the activists' statement says.

An Iranian Red Crescent truck carrying humanitarian aid to be loaded onto Iran Rescue ship in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on May 10, 2015 (IRNA photo)
Earlier in the month, Iranian planes tried to deliver medical aid and were cleared for landing by the Yemeni airports, but were repelled by Saudi fighter jets.

An airport official stands next to a destroyed Felix Airways plane, after it was hit in an airstrike, at the international airport of Yemen's capital, Sana’a, on April 29, 2015. (AFP Photo)
“Blocking the delivery of humanitarian aid is an extreme violation of international law. As our craft propels itself through the Persian Gulf, we are loudly urging no one to interfere with this peaceful humanitarian mission,” the statement read.

Saudi Arabia has unleashed a “horrific bombing campaign” in response to a vast uprising demanding democracy and self-determination in Yemen.

Airport officials and humanitarian workers inspect the damage done by Saudi airstrikes on the tarmac of the international airport of Sana’a on May 5, 2015. (AFP Photo)
“As citizen of the western world, nothing disturbs us more than the fact that the cruise missiles and other weapons being used to terrorize and kill innocent Yemenis, are provided by the United States government,” the statement noted.

Even though our governments utilize “Human Rights” propaganda, they actually “isolate and demonize” certain countries.

“For more than half a century they have been coddling the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, one of the most blatant human rights violators on the planet,” it added.

The Saudi regime, apart from beheading, torturing, and exploiting its own citizens, “represses people throughout the region.”

File photo shows Saudi officials carrying out an execution in public.
Saudi Arabia has beheaded over 50 people so far this year. Last year, Saudi authorities executed 87 people, compared with 78 in 2013.
“The people of Yemen have long been held down by a corrupt un-democratic regime backed and supported by Saudi Arabia and the United States.”

The people of Yemen have “risen up in revolution” in response to years of humiliation, repression and impoverishment.

"The Ansarullah organization, commonly called the “Houthis” in US media, is at the center of a broad coalition of forces that is writing a new constitution. Popular Committees have sprung up all across the country."

Yemeni soldiers and Houthi fighters stand guard at the entrance of the Presidential Palace following a blast in Sana’a on February 7, 2015. (AFP photo)
Along with ISIL Takfiri militants and al-Qaeda, Saudi Arabia is “waging a campaign of violent terrorism” against Yemen.

The US government backs the Saudi regime and its allies in their “abhorrent and immoral” war against Yemen.

“We call for all parties involved to lay down their weapons and enter the process of peaceful negotiations, and continue with the democratic national dialogue that’s taken place over the last three years,” it concluded.

The statement was clinched with three wishes for the people of Yemen, “Let the Hungry Children of Yemen Live!”, “This Illegal, Immoral Blockade Must End!” and “Don’t Block the Rescue Boat!”

On April 28, Saudi Arabia forced an Iranian cargo plane carrying medical aid and foodstuff for people in Yemen to return. The Iranian aircraft, which had earlier received permits from Omani and Yemeni aviation officials to cross into Yemen’s airspace, could not land at the Sana’a International Airport, as Saudi warplanes were violently striking the runway of the airport.

The development came less than a week after Saudi warplanes intercepted another Iranian airplane, carrying humanitarian aid to Yemen, and prevented it from entering the Yemeni airspace on April 22.

Saudi Arabia started its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 -- without a UN mandate -- in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and to restore power to Yemen’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh.

According to the latest UN figures, the Saudi military campaign has so far claimed the lives of over 1,400 people and injured close to 6,000 people, roughly half of whom have been civilians.

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PressTV-Intl. activists onboard Iran's Rescue to Yemen

 

[Aramagedon]

Iran should stay away from yemen.

Iran wants to send food, medicine and humanitarian aids.

International humanitarian activists set to sail for Yemen on Iranian ship


Dubbed Rescue, Iran's ship is set to carry a group of humanitarian aid workers, medical technicians, and peace activists from the US, France, Germany, and Iran, along with a shipment of humanitarian aid, from the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province to Yemen. (IRNA photo)


A group of humanitarian aid workers, medical technicians, and peace activists from the US, France, and Germany along with journalists and physicians from Iran is setting sail for war-torn Yemen on Iranian “Rescue” ship.

“We are part of a humanitarian mission being carried out by the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran. We are attempting to bring medical supplies, flour, and water to the people of Yemen,” read a joint statement released by members of Code Pink Women for Peace,International Action Center, United National AntiWar Committee, and US Veterans for Peace on Sunday.

A large number of physicians and a few journalists from Iran are with us on the ship and we intend to deliver “2,500 tons of medical supplies, foodstuff and tents” to the Hudaydah port on the Red Sea, the capital of the western Yemeni province of Al Hudaydah.

The ship, named Iran Shahed, is preparing to set sail for Yemen from the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, in Hormozgan province.

In an exclusive Press TV report, the ship’s captain, Vahid Soltaninejad, said that after leaving Bandar Abbas, they would travel through the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, and into the Gulf of Aden, where they might dock, or travel on to the Hudaydah port.


“Everything on the ship has been carefully checked to make sure that nothing that could be considered a weapon is on board,” the activists' statement says.

An Iranian Red Crescent truck carrying humanitarian aid to be loaded onto Iran Rescue ship in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on May 10, 2015 (IRNA photo)
Earlier in the month, Iranian planes tried to deliver medical aid and were cleared for landing by the Yemeni airports, but were repelled by Saudi fighter jets.

An airport official stands next to a destroyed Felix Airways plane, after it was hit in an airstrike, at the international airport of Yemen's capital, Sana’a, on April 29, 2015. (AFP Photo)
“Blocking the delivery of humanitarian aid is an extreme violation of international law. As our craft propels itself through the Persian Gulf, we are loudly urging no one to interfere with this peaceful humanitarian mission,” the statement read.

Saudi Arabia has unleashed a “horrific bombing campaign” in response to a vast uprising demanding democracy and self-determination in Yemen.

Airport officials and humanitarian workers inspect the damage done by Saudi airstrikes on the tarmac of the international airport of Sana’a on May 5, 2015. (AFP Photo)
“As citizen of the western world, nothing disturbs us more than the fact that the cruise missiles and other weapons being used to terrorize and kill innocent Yemenis, are provided by the United States government,” the statement noted.

Even though our governments utilize “Human Rights” propaganda, they actually “isolate and demonize” certain countries.

“For more than half a century they have been coddling the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, one of the most blatant human rights violators on the planet,” it added.

The Saudi regime, apart from beheading, torturing, and exploiting its own citizens, “represses people throughout the region.”

File photo shows Saudi officials carrying out an execution in public.
Saudi Arabia has beheaded over 50 people so far this year. Last year, Saudi authorities executed 87 people, compared with 78 in 2013.
“The people of Yemen have long been held down by a corrupt un-democratic regime backed and supported by Saudi Arabia and the United States.”

The people of Yemen have “risen up in revolution” in response to years of humiliation, repression and impoverishment.

"The Ansarullah organization, commonly called the “Houthis” in US media, is at the center of a broad coalition of forces that is writing a new constitution. Popular Committees have sprung up all across the country."

Yemeni soldiers and Houthi fighters stand guard at the entrance of the Presidential Palace following a blast in Sana’a on February 7, 2015. (AFP photo)
Along with ISIL Takfiri militants and al-Qaeda, Saudi Arabia is “waging a campaign of violent terrorism” against Yemen.

The US government backs the Saudi regime and its allies in their “abhorrent and immoral” war against Yemen.

“We call for all parties involved to lay down their weapons and enter the process of peaceful negotiations, and continue with the democratic national dialogue that’s taken place over the last three years,” it concluded.

The statement was clinched with three wishes for the people of Yemen, “Let the Hungry Children of Yemen Live!”, “This Illegal, Immoral Blockade Must End!” and “Don’t Block the Rescue Boat!”

On April 28, Saudi Arabia forced an Iranian cargo plane carrying medical aid and foodstuff for people in Yemen to return. The Iranian aircraft, which had earlier received permits from Omani and Yemeni aviation officials to cross into Yemen’s airspace, could not land at the Sana’a International Airport, as Saudi warplanes were violently striking the runway of the airport.

The development came less than a week after Saudi warplanes intercepted another Iranian airplane, carrying humanitarian aid to Yemen, and prevented it from entering the Yemeni airspace on April 22.

Saudi Arabia started its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 -- without a UN mandate -- in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and to restore power to Yemen’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh.

According to the latest UN figures, the Saudi military campaign has so far claimed the lives of over 1,400 people and injured close to 6,000 people, roughly half of whom have been civilians.

SRK/NT/AS

PressTV-Intl. activists onboard Iran's Rescue to Yemen

Suadis are not Muslim.

Every one must read their hisrory and their actions:

Facts about Saudi Royals - CIF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

[Max]

Iran wants to send food, medicine and humanitarian aids.

Suadis are not Muslim.

Every one must read their hisrory and their actions:

Facts about Saudi Royals - CIF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

I wish if i become President of Pakistan, i will gift Both Saudis and Mullahs 50, 50 Nuclear Bombs and will make both Mullahs and Ayatullah's job easy to finish each other.. then we Muslim will live in peace just like we used to live before 80's.

 

[xyxmt]

one of these days someone will take Iran seriously, but not in the near future

 

[Shahryar Hedayati]

 

[Aramagedon]

I wish if i become President of Pakistan, i will gift Both Saudis and Mullahs 50, 50 Nuclear Bombs and will make both Mullahs and Ayatullah's job easy to finish each other.. then we Muslim will live in peace just like we used to live before 80's.

It is Suadi that is supporting terrorism in Islamic countries. Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, taliban in Afghanistan, bombing Yemeni people from 2007, are some examples. They're not Muslim or even human. Read the article that I posted in previous post.

Saudis behind 60% of Iraq bombings: Saudi paper | Islamic Invitation Turkey

 

[Max]

It is Suadi that is supporting terrorism in Islamic countries. Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, taliban in Afghanistan, bombing Yemeni people from 2007, are some examples. They're not Muslim or even human. Read the article that I posted in previous post.

Saudis behind 60% of Iraq bombings: Saudi paper | Islamic Invitation Turkey

and Pakistan and Iran are Saints? you supported US Invasion in Afghanistan Northern alliance( Iranian, Indian Proxy) entered Kabul with US air support . u supported Iraq invasion and turned All Ayatollahs of Iraq in favor of US against Sunni Saddam who was ruling a stable Iraq u just wanted to install a Shia govt and hence u become Big Satan's ally, But it backfired and now u are crying like fool that Saudis are doing this, Saudis are doing that, why dont u ask ur puppets whom u Installed in Baghdad against ur services to Washington, why they were unable to make Iraq stable like Saddam did? i dont want to talk about Syria bcoz i know less about them.