Tehran, IRNA – A senior Yemeni official has dismissed the United States designation of the Ansarullah resistance movement as a terrorist organization, saying the move has no legitimacy.
“The arrival of aid to Gaza is more important to us than the U.S. decision, a decision that has no legitimacy,” Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council, said on Thursday, according to Al-Mayadeen news network.
He further denounced the prevention of the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza and derailing the ceasefire deal as “American terrorism.”
On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Washington had re-designated the Ansarullah movement as a “foreign terrorist organization.”
“Since 2023, the Houthis (Ansarullah) have launched hundreds of attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, as well as U.S. service members defending freedom of navigation and our regional partners,” Rubio said in a statement.
The U.S. first designated Ansarullah under the first administration of President Donald Trump. Former President Joe Biden revoked the decision, citing humanitarian concerns.
Rubio, however, suggested that the humanitarian crisis in Yemen was not an issue for Washington anymore.
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