Riyadh 0
21 March 2021

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei posited that the Saudis “can neither stay nor leave [Yemen]… Both ways are to their detriment”. He further said: “You Americans knew what a disaster you were creating for the Saudis. If you knew it and you did it anyway, how wretched are your allies because you treat them this way. And if you did not know it, then again how wretched are your allies for trusting you and for planning with you who are not familiar with regional issues”.

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