Ambassador Haley Gives Dramatic Presentation of Alleged Iran-Made Weaponry Recovered from Regional Battlefields | SUSTG.com – News, Analysis, and Features on all things Saudi Arabia

US envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley made a presentation at Bolling Air Force base in Washington, D.C. to provide evidence that Iran had supplied short-range ballistic missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen which were then fired at Saudi Arabia.

Department of Defense (DOD) officials accompanied Haley for the presentation, which was made against a dramatic backdrop of broken up missiles, drones, and other weaponry to highlight Iran’s growing influence in regional conflicts.

DoD photo by EJ Hersom.

The components all bear marks tying them to manufacturers in Iran. The report alleges that Iran is illicitly shipping highly destructive weapons to anti-government forces in Yemen for use against Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Gulf as part of its efforts “to sow instability and promote violence throughout the region.”

Trump administration hopes the evidence will trigger further action against Iran.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia welcomed the report “as well as the US condemnation of Iran’s hostile activities that support and arm terrorist groups, including Hezbollah and Houthi terrorist militias,” according to the Saudi Press Agency.

“The Kingdom renewed its condemnation of the Iranian regime for supporting its affiliate, Houthi terrorist militias, in their aggressive and terrorist practices, their coup against legitimacy, their destruction of state institutions, their brutal suppression of the Yemeni people, their plunder of the Yemeni people’s resources including humanitarian aid, their seizure of oil imports to support and finance their terrorist campaign, their threat to the security of sea lanes, their attack on Saudi Arabia’s territory and their launch of ballistic missiles on populated cities with the support of Iran,” the SPA said.

“Iran’s support to Houthi terrorist militias constitutes a flagrant violation of UN Security Council Resolutions No. 2216 and No. 2231, and has disrupted the political process and prolonged the crisis in Yemen.”