Iran Uses Houthis to Wage War on Saudi Arabia, Western Allies After Years Building Influence in Yemen
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Updated · ایران اینترنشنال · Oct 16
Iran Uses Houthis to Wage War on Saudi Arabia, Western Allies After Years Building Influence in Yemen
3 articles · Updated · ایران اینترنشنال · Oct 16
Summary
Iran is now using Yemen’s Houthis to carry the war to Saudi Arabia and its Western allies, according to a former Yemeni pro-democracy activist.
Years of groundwork in Yemen enabled that role, the activist said, with Hezbollah recruiters and Revolutionary Guards officers helping Tehran build influence.
The account frames the Houthis not as an isolated local force but as a channel for Iran to project pressure beyond Yemen.
That would widen the conflict’s reach from Yemen’s internal battlefield to regional rivals and their Western partners.