US calls on Iran to halt `unprecedented' weapons transfers to Yemen's Houthis for attacks on ships

The United States called on Iran on Monday to halt its transfer of an “unprecedented” amount of weaponry to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, enabling its fighters to carry out “reckless attacks” on ships in the Red Sea and elsewhere.

U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood told the U.N. Security Council that if it wants to make progress toward ending the civil war in it must act collectively to “call Iran out for its destabilizing role and.”