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Yemen’s internationally recognized government says 21 foreign specialists, including 14 from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and seven from Lebanon’s Hezbollah, are working with the Houthis. In a Ministry of Interior
@moiyemen statement, Interior Minister Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Haidan
@EbrahimHaidan alleged that their role extends beyond training and weapons support to direct involvement in planning, command and control, and managing military operations.
The ministry listed eight specialists in Hodeidah, four in Sana’a, four in Saada, two in Hajjah, two in Amran and one in al-Khawkhah. Their alleged responsibilities include ballistic missiles, drones, radar, communications, electronic warfare and weapons smuggling, alongside selecting commercial shipping targets, developing explosive boats and unmanned underwater vehicles, and training fighters in mine warfare, siege tactics and urban combat.
“This is not a training mission, but a complete general staff,” Haidan said. He also alleged that an IRGC officer presenting himself publicly as an ambassador heads the network, without naming him [Ali Mohammad Rezaei is Iran's envoy to the Houthis in Sana'a] in the statement. Linking the specialists to the siege of Taiz and threats to Red Sea shipping, Haidan said, “The decision is written in Tehran, announced in Sana’a, and paid for in Taiz, Hodeidah and the other embattled governorates.”
(1) Ali Mohammed Ramadani, alias Rezaei, Sana’a.
(2) Abd al-Reza Shahlai, alias Al-Hajj Abu Yusuf, Sana’a.
(3) Ali Hussein Nejati, Sana’a.
(4) Haitham Fouad Murtada, alias Abu Turab, Sana’a.
(5) Hamed Reza Goudarzi, alias Al-Hajj Dhu al-Fiqar, Saada.
(6) Faramarz Kianzad, alias Abu Haitham, Saada.
(7) Khosrow Masoud Dahan, alias Abu Kifah, Saada.
(8) Mohammed Reza Zarei, alias Abu Haidar, Saada.
(9) Siavash Arsham Hemmati, alias Abu Hadi, Amran.
(10) Bilal Ahmed Mcheik, alias Abu Mustafa, Amran.
(11) Kaveh Mehranpour, alias Abu Sajjad, Hodeidah.
(12) Behrouz Ali Reza Fallah, alias Abu Jawad, Hodeidah.
(13) Esfandiar Jamshid Khosravi, alias Abu Baqir, Hodeidah.
(14) Gholam Hussein Rahimi, alias Abu Reza, Hodeidah.
(15) Jihad Qassem Sweidan, alias Abu Zain al-Abidin, Hodeidah.
(16) Mustafa Kamal Bazzi, alias Abu al-Hassan, Hodeidah.
(17) Hadi Hussein Shas, alias Abu Fadl, Hodeidah.
(18) Khalil Ibrahim Hammoud, alias Abu Ahmed, Hodeidah.
(19) Mojtaba Sirus Salehi, alias Abu Mahdi, Hajjah.
(20) Fariborz Nasser Mahdavi, alias Abu Taha, Hajjah.
(21) Abbas Ali Haidar, alias Sajid, al-Khawkhah, Hodeidah governorate.
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