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TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iran welcomed a 72-hour ceasefire in Yemen and asked all sides to respect the truce, Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.
In a statement, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said Yemen is suffering from a very disastrous humanitarian situation; hence all parties engaged in the Yemeni conflict, particularly the Saudi-led coalition, should respect the ceasefire.
He also expressed the hope that warring parties would allow the immediate dispatch of humanitarian aid to the oppressed Yemeni civilians and the wounded people, including those injured in a recent bloody airstrike against a funeral hall in the capital of Sanaa.
On Monday, the United Nations special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, announced the three-day ceasefire between the Saudi-led coalition and the Yemen's dominant Shiite Houthi group and its ally of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh's party,
The ceasefire will take effect on Wednesday. The 19-month civil war have killed over 10,000 people, mostly civilians, and pushed the country's 26 million people to near famine.
