G7 foreign ministers call on Iran to stop arming Houthis

September 21, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

Houthi supporters rally to celebrate advances by Houthi forces along the Red Sea coastline, in Sanaa, Yemen, September 18, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Adel Al Khader

UNITED NATIONS, ‌Sept 21 (Reuters) - ​G7 ​foreign ministers on Monday called on Iran ‌to end its arming and ⁠support of Houthis in Yemen, which ‌they said constituted ‌a dangerous pattern of escalation that risked undermining international trade ​and creating global instability.

"We condemn in the strongest ⁠terms the unacceptable continued strikes carried out ​by the Houthis in Yemen and against the Kingdom of ​Saudi Arabia," the ‌ministers of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan ⁠and the United States said in a statement after a ⁠meeting on the sidelines of the ​United Nations General Assembly.

"We call on the Houthis to immediately cease all ‌military actions, all threats and attacks against civilian ‌shipping, and to return ⁠to the political ‌process in ​good faith."

(Reporting by John Irish; Editing by Christian ‌Schmollinger)



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