(Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari Writing by Sami Aboudi; Editing

Yemen demands Iran halts support for insurgents

SANAA, Feb 7 (Reuters) Yemen president has asked his Iranian counterpart to stop canada goose uk outlet backing armed groups on its soil after coastguards seized a consignment of missiles and rockets believed sent by the Islamic Republic, a government official said on Thursday.

Iran has denied any connection to the weapons, found aboard a vessel off the coast canada goose black friday sale on Jan. Navy.

But government official Abdel Rashid Abdel Hafez said canada goose factory sale President Abd Rabbu canada goose store Mansour Hadi had contacted Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to demand Tehran stop smuggling in weapons.

Hafez gave no further details of the Canada Goose sale message.

is the most dangerous arms shipment being smuggled to Yemen, Yemeni Deputy Interior Minister Abdel Rahman Hanash told Reuters.

contained anti cheap Canada Goose aircraft missiles, C4 high explosives materials which only a few countries in the Middle East possess.

Yemen, a majority canada goose coats Sunni Muslim country, said last week the vessel uk canada goose had been cheap canada goose uk loaded in Iran.

Officials in Washington have said the shipment was Canada Goose Parka believed to have been canada goose clearance sale from Shi Muslim Canada Goose Jackets Iran and destined for insurgents, likely to be Shi Houthis mainly based in northern Yemen.

Yemeni state television on Wednesday showed Interior Minister Abdul Qader Qahtan and National Security Board head Ali al Ahmadi inspecting the weapons including 122 mm Katyusha rockets, anti aircraft Strella 1 and 2 canada goose clearance missiles, RPG launchers, explosives materials and Iranian made night vision goggles.

Hanash Canada Goose online said that while the investigation into canada goose uk shop canada goose outlet the shipment was still under way, it was certain that the weapons were destined for an insurgent group. He did not name the group.

A source at Hadi office said the arms were destined for Houthi rebels.

STRAINED TIES The discovery of the shipment will likely further sour canada goose uk black friday ties between uk canada goose outlet Tehran and Sanaa, already strained over charges https://www.forcanadagoose.ru that Iran was working with separatists in the south and Houthi rebels in canada goose coats on sale the north to further destabilise Yemen as it Canada Goose Coats On Sale tries to rebuild after two years of political upheaval.

Yemen said in July it had rounded up a spy ring led buy canada goose jacket cheap by a former commander in Iran Revolutionary Guard, according to the state news agency Saba.

The Houthi movement, named after the tribe of its leader, says it canada goose represents the claims of Zaydi Shi Muslims who ruled Yemen for Canada Goose Outlet more than 1,000 years. Most Iranians follow buy canada goose jacket a different Shi sect canadian goose jacket but Yemeni officials say Houthis have travelled to Iran seminary city of Qom for indoctrination.

Houthis have survived repeated government attempts to crush them. They Canada Goose Online fought a brief war with Saudi Arabia in 2009 after their conflict with Yemeni forces spilled across the border. (Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari Writing by Sami Aboudi; Editing by William Maclean and Oliver Holmes).