U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on
Thursday revealed to the public for the first time recovered fragments
of what she described as Iranian weapons supplied to Houthi militants in
Yemen, declaring it proof of Tehran's breech of U.N. rules.
Haley, delivering a press conference from a hangar at the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling outside of Washington, displayed pieces of a missile she said was fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen toward a civilian airport in Saudi Arabia last month.
She said the weapon bears "Iranian missile fingerprints," pointing out two corporate logos from Tehran-based manufacturers and certain design features unique to the Islamic Republic.
"It's hard to find a conflict or a terrorist group in the Middle East that does not have Iran's fingerprints all over it," Haley said.
Iran swiftly dismissed the evidence as "fabricated" and accused the United States of leveling "baseless accusations."
"This purported evidence, put on public display today, is as much fabricated as the one presented on some other occasions earlier," said Alireza Miryousefi, spokesman at Iran's mission to the U.N.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/trump-admin-unveils-material-evidence-iranian-missile-yemen/
Haley, delivering a press conference from a hangar at the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling outside of Washington, displayed pieces of a missile she said was fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen toward a civilian airport in Saudi Arabia last month.
She said the weapon bears "Iranian missile fingerprints," pointing out two corporate logos from Tehran-based manufacturers and certain design features unique to the Islamic Republic.
"It's hard to find a conflict or a terrorist group in the Middle East that does not have Iran's fingerprints all over it," Haley said.
Iran swiftly dismissed the evidence as "fabricated" and accused the United States of leveling "baseless accusations."
"This purported evidence, put on public display today, is as much fabricated as the one presented on some other occasions earlier," said Alireza Miryousefi, spokesman at Iran's mission to the U.N.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/trump-admin-unveils-material-evidence-iranian-missile-yemen/
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