Martin Griffiths, United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Tehran Iran February 8, 2021. Iran's Foreign Ministry/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Nations Yemen mediator Martin Griffiths and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed on Monday how to make progress toward a nationwide ceasefire and reviving the political process in Yemen, a U.N. spokesman said.
A Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015, backing government forces fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis. The more than six-year long conflict is widely seen as a proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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