Family of the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has met the Iranian Ambassador to Sana'a amid orientation of the family to develop cooperation at various levels, media sources said.
The sources told Nashwan News that several meetings have been held between one of Saleh's family and the Iranian ambassador, pointing out that Saleh's family seeks to convince the Iranians to contact Russia and China to support its attitudes in the UN Security Council.
The sources said Saleh's family wants Russia and China to impede any sanctions that may be imposed against Saleh's relatives who refuse dismissal decrees issued by President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi two weeks ago.
They said the Iranian family started to improve its relations with Saleh's family, indicating that Iran coordinates between the family and leaders of the Southern Movement in exile and expand the activities of the Houthis to hamper the interim government efforts in return for having weapons and funds.Media sources have stated that Iran increased its recent activities in Yemen through supporting the rebellious movements and fundamental political individual and forcesThe sources had said that President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, offered the Yemeni authorities to create a specialized intelligence unit to follow up Iranian activities in Yemen.The sources said the United States is concerned about the lack to infrastructure of Yemen’s coastguards, pointing out that the Yemeni coasts are subject to constant smuggling of weapons and fighters.The New York Times Newspaper has recently said Iran increased its political outreach and arms shipments to rebels and other political figures in Yemen as part of what American military and intelligence officials say a widening Iranian effort to extend its influence across the greater Middle East.