In an interview aired on Al Jazeera on Sept. 26, Iranian president PEZESHKIAN
said regional states can safeguard their own security, denied Iran's direct
involvement in Yemen—saying the situation is "unrelated to Iran" and that Tehran
only sympathizes with the oppressed—and said Iran is ready to help resolve the
conflict, urging the Houthi movement and Saudi Arabia to enter talks rather than
escalate.