The New ‘Mecca Alliance’ Warns Iran Over Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia

Despite the official Iranian view reiterated last week that it “does not control the Houthis [in Yemen]”, it was senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders in Tehran who ordered the 8 September attacks on Saudi Arabia, while several IRGC officers and men on the ground in Yemen co-ordinated the strikes, a senior source in the European Union’s (EU) energy security complex exclusively told OilPrice.

Despite the official Iranian view reiterated last week that it “does not control the Houthis [in Yemen]”, it was senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders in Tehran who ordered the 8 September attacks on Saudi Arabia, while several IRGC officers and men on the ground in Yemen co-ordinated the strikes, a senior source in the European Union’s (EU) energy security complex exclusively told OilPrice.