Iran says ambassador in Yemen has coronavirus, recalls him

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Saturday it is recalling its ambassador successful Yemen for aesculapian attraction arsenic helium has been infected by the coronavirus.

The Foreign Ministry said connected its website that Ambassador Hassan Irloo was successful request of urgent aesculapian attraction aft being infected for respective days, and was en way to Iran.

The announcement comes aft the Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Irloo was being removed implicit strains with the Houthi rebels, who are backed by Iran and clasp Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. The study quotes anonymous officials from the Mideast and Western officials, and said Irloo showed nary signs of having Covid-19.

Yemen has been astatine warfare since 2014. A Saudi-led conjugation entered the struggle successful March 2015, but a stalemate has dragged on, causing the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe and sidesplitting an estimated 110,000 people.

Aiming to undermine its Saudi rivals, Iran has fixed the Houthis subject and governmental support, according to Arab countries, the West and United Nations experts. Tehran agelong has denied the allegations, contempt grounds to the contrary.