Riyadh 0
9 August 2018

Iran blasted an 8 August communique issued by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation which, inter alia, urged the UN Security Council "to hold the Huthi militias and their Iranian sponsors accountable for their countless crimes against international law". The foreign ministry complained that Iranian representatives "cannot attend the meetings of the... OIC as Saudi Arabia refuses to grant visas to them, and these kinds of statements are issued under the pressure posed by Saudi Arabia in an unfair and partial manner". 

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