On December 21, 2024, the White House said, citing declassified intelligence, that Iran, contrary to its denials, was "deeply involved" in planning the missile and drone attacks being carried out by Ansar Allah, aka the Houthis, in Yemen.[1] The announcement stated that Iranian intelligence was essential to the strikes on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. It also emphasized that this is an international problem that requires joint action.
The following are MEMRI reports and clips supporting the U.S. assessment of Iran's involvement in the Houthi attacks, presenting statements by Iranian officials in recent years.
MEMRI Reports
Officer In Houthi Ansar Allah Militia In Interview With Al-Jazeera Website: A Year From Now We'll Have Missiles That Can Threaten Europe, U.S. Nuclear Targets, July 15, 2024
Houthi Ansar Allah Movement Claims 'Joint' Drone Attacks Against Israeli Port With Iraqi Islamic Resistance: 'Israel Should Expect Further Joint Operations In Upcoming Phase', June 6, 2024
Iranian Regime Mouthpiece 'Kayhan': 'At The Start Of The War In Gaza, We Said, Have No Doubt That Gaza Is Winning – And That Gaza's Victory Will Be Achieved By Creating A Balance Of Fear And Horror… Time Is Running Out For Israel, And A Hard Winter Awaits The Zionists, The Americans, And The Europeans!', February 1, 2024
Iranian Regime Mouthpiece 'Kayhan': 'The Most Important Strategy Of The Resistance Front... Must Be To Create Horror In All [Global] Relationships And Commerce With The Zionist Regime... By Means Of Reinforcing And Expanding The [Attacks By The] Resistance At Sea, With Missiles And Drones, And All Other Possible Ways', December 14, 2023
Iranian Navy Deputy Commander Hamzeh Ali Kaviani On The Establishment Of The Red Sea Naval Coalition: 'For 15 Continuous Years We Have Been Carrying Out Missions In The Red Sea – This Is A Zone Of Conflict For [Iran's] Resistance Front Against The Arrogance [i.e. the U.S.] – And To Date, Our Fight Against The Americans And Israelis Has Been In Our Favor', December 24, 2023
Iran Is Acting Against The UAE By Means Of The Yemeni Houthi Militia – And Threatening More Attacks On It, February 8, 2022
Statements By Top IRGC Official Gen. Sha'bani Published By Fars News Agency: 'We Told The Yemenis To Attack The Two Saudi Tankers, And They Attacked', August 7, 2018
Iran's Support For The Houthi Rebellion In Yemen: 'Without Iran There Would Be No War In Syria And Ansar Allah Would Have Never Emerged', April 20, 2015
MEMRI TV Clips
Houthi Scholar Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ubeidi: America Is The Mother Of All Terrorism And Has No Right To Designate Us As Terrorists, January 15, 2021
Houthi Islamic Scholar Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ubeidi: Zionist Jews Are The Cousins Of Apes And Pigs And Are Behind Beirut Port Explosion, COVID-19, ISIS, 9/11, August 14, 2020
Friday Sermon by Yemeni Scholar Ibrahim Al-Ubeidi: Coronavirus Is Part of a Plan by the Jews, Israel, U.S. to Control Mecca, Medina; The Saud Clan Is a Jewish Family Brought into Power in Order to Judaize These Cities, March 13, 2020
Mashhad Friday Sermon by Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda: The PMU, Hizbullah, Ansar Allah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Are All Iran; We Can Destroy Israel in Half a Day, September 20, 2019
[1] Cbsnews.com/news/iran-involved-red-sea-attacks-white-house-claim; Ft.com/content/87325ffa-e1a7-4480-804b-a1cc42f8f141, December 22, 2024.
