Yemeni President Abdurbo Mansour Hadi has said that the courageous decision taken by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman to form an Arab coalition to restore legitimacy to Yemen not only saved Yemen, but saved the region as a whole from devious Persian designs. In an exclusive interview with Al-Riyadh Arabic paper, sister publication of Riyadh Daily, on the second anniversary of Decisive Storm, Hadi said, "If there had been any delay in taking action in Yemen, the entire region would have paid the price. The decision has exposed the Persian plan and has exposed the Iranians and their expansionist plans before the world." Yemeni President Abdurbo Mansour Hadi talking to Hani Wafa and Asmahan Al Ghamdi In a lengthy interview, to be published in parts, Hadi revealed surprising details of the crisis, his engagement with Iran, what then US President had said to him before Decisive Storm, and what the new US administration's stand is on the current situation in Yemen. He spoke at length, at the Hospitality Palace in Riyadh, on the most significant strategies adopted in the battle of Sanaa, and the real reason why there was no quick military end to the crisis, especially when the army was just 25 kilometers away from the Yemeni capital. He also spoke of whether there could be a political role for the Houthis and Ali Abdullah Saleh after the war. Hadi also recalled the surprise he got when he spoke with a Yemeni student studying in Iran and when he revealed what they were being taught in the city of Qom. He learnt of how Iran was brainwashing 1,600 Yemeni students who were sent by the Houthi leadership to Iran. Hadi explained in detail the role played by Iran in bringing Al-Houthi to play along with Ali Abdullah Saleh despite their enmity.
