Iran uses Houthis as a pressure card

Yemeni Minister of Information Muammar Al-Eryani said on Thursday that the Iranian regime is using the Houthi militia as a pressure card against the international community and the US administration to extract concessions on the 2015 nuclear agreement.

Al-Eryani claimed that Iran is pressuring the Houthis for a military escalation in Yemen through suicide bombing in Marib province, as well as attacks against civilians in Saudi Arabia, state news agency SPA reported.
He said the militia is experiencing a major deadlock after failing to carry out the tasks assigned to it with the depletion of its fighters and armaments in Marib.

Al-Eryani also claimed that Iran is preventing the Houthis from halting its attacks or yielding to calls for a ceasefire so that Tehran’s negotiating position is not affected.