Iran welcomes Yemen truce, urges political solution

FILE PHOTO: A man carries an injured girl, rescued from the site of a Saudi-led air strike, in Sanaa, Yemen August 25, 2017. Picture taken August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday welcomed a U.N.-brokered truce in Yemen between a Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi group aligned with Tehran, and called for seeking a negotiated solution to the seven-year conflict.

"Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh expressed hope that the move could be a prelude to a complete lifting of a blockade and a permanent establishment of a ceasefire in order to find a political solution to the Yemen crisis," Iranian state media reported.