Grumbling of Houthis from the Iranian regime

Grumbling of Houthis from the Iranian regime

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The rise of Houthi group in Yemen and to be on the top  of the political scene and its formation  of military force and its attempt to control the country after the Yemeni revolution, was not far from the loyalty  of the movement to Tehran and the support of the Iranian regime to it, in order to sow sectarian conflict in the Gulf region and try to make them a Shiite .   the  Iranian regime’s support for the movements of Houthis  is clearly  appeared  in the Iranian official’s remarks , where  Ali Shirazi , representative of the Supreme Leader (Murshed)of the Iranian Revolution in the Quds  Force of the Revolutionary Guards, said that “al-Houthi group in Yemen is a similar version of the Hezbollah in Lebanon, and  the group will enter to the arena  to confront the enemies of Islam.” ,and  as described by the  adviser of Supreme leader for international affairs  Ali Akbar Velayati saying  that “this movement is part of the successful movements of Islamic awakening”, declaring clearly that Iran is backing the Houthis in Yemen.

On  26 / March 2015,  decisive storm was started to save Yemen  from  Houthi coup against the legitimacy of Yemen, the Houthis have thought that the hands of the Iranian regime will extend generously to support them , for two main reasons; first: they are his  right arm , which has tightened its  control over the  most of Yemen parts and  to seize  the  power , wealth and strength  in Yemen, and the other reason : they are the force that could make  his desire true  to take revenge on the historical and intellectual rival , Saudi Arabia .

As time passed , the Houthis, and their  ally  the ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh  received  hard hits   from the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia , the national army and the  Yemeni resistance , and  the Iranian regime stands  idly by, and only by using them as tools in regional and international struggle, and as a paper   to maneuver by it in  the media and politically and  to send some arms, trainers and experts, so  many of the leaders of the rebels began to grumble and declare their positions against the Iranian regime.

The Arab Studies   unit in the Rawabet  Center  for Research and Strategic Studies   was able , through its correspondents in Yemen to monitor  different aspects of that discontent, as follows:

First: dissatisfaction  of  Houthis   for  the continuation of the war because  its continuation  will lead to more human and material losses, despite slogans and education to their members to the necessity of steadfastness and confrontation under the pretext of defending the Shiite sect.

Second : with the continuation of a  decisive storm , Houthis reached  to the conclusion : that the Iranian regime is aimed to prolong it  in order to control the Yemen  to achieve  its own interests, which is to tighten its influence in the Levant.

Third: The bombing of fighter jets  of the decisive  storm  and target sites of Houthis in Yemen  led to affect on their morals  due to the losses that occurred in the ranks of their fighters. The wounded of  Houthis  had been  sent to  the inside of  Iranian regime to be treated due to a lack of hospitals and pharmaceutical and medical staff with the Houthis in Yemen.

Fourth: grumbling of  Houthis on the Iranian regime is not only at that level, but also extended to include what  is offered them  of meals for their fighters, as it provides them with the worst meals morning and night.

It is  clear from this grumbling that the Houthis began to realize that the Iranian regime’s support for them comes in the framework of new rules for the policy in the Middle East, and the  compromise of  the regional  and the major powers  on several files, that to  put his hand on the Bab al-Mandab, and  knocks  the rear doors of the Gulf states,  noting that the regime  of Iran exploited the case of  the security chaos  and the weakness of the Yemeni state after the overthrow of Ali Abdullah Saleh to implement its  plan, through the rise of al-Huthi group to power in Yemen.  And the support for the Houthis was not included  in the defense of Shi’ism in the Arab region, but that the Iranian regime is using that Shiite   doctrine in the context of achieving its  national interests . What evidenced  for that is  the attempt of the Iranian regime to undermine the independence of Azerbaijan in different ways, for example, to exercise pressure on the Azeri minority living in northern Iran, and to hinder  the energy pipeline projects, and the violation of Azerbaijani airspace, and to provide support to  “Christian Armenia over  “Shiite” Azerbaijan in Nagorno  Karabakh conflict because it refused the Khomeini example and followed the Secular model.

This example shows the pragmatism in Iranian politics, so the Houthis  can work to review their positions and their alliance with the Iranian regime, they are not only a  paper used against regional opponents, so it is more appropriate for them   to return to their  Arab  environment  and the settlement of disputes between the partners in the Yemeni homeland on the  national and  Arabic basis    and  Houthis   do not allow to the Iranian regime through them, creating hotbeds of tension and chaos in Yemen, hoping that affect later the neighboring Gulf countries and spark unrest in which, the export of Shiite movements in the region that  contributes to the expansion of its influence in the region.

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Translated by: Mudhaffar al-Kusairi

Rawabet Center for  Research and Strategic Studies