Iran's president says Yemen airstrike offensive shows Saudi Arabia's 'mental imbalance'
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says a Saudi-led offensive in Yemen was prompted by the Sunni kingdom's failures elsewhere, causing what he called a "mental imbalance."
Speaking to reporters Tuesday before heading to Indonesia, Rouhani mocked Saudi Arabia by calling it a country with dashed dreams in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
Rouhani said: "All the failures have accumulated and caused mental and emotional imbalance for that country."
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Shiite Iran long has accused Saudi Arabia of supporting Sunni militants, including the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq. Saudis accuse Iran of supporting Yemen's Shiite rebels — who overran the capital and later forced the country's Western-backed president into exile.
Tehran and the rebels deny any military links, though the Islamic Republic has provided political and humanitarian support to the Shiite group.