Iran praises Houthi victory along strategic Red Sea coast as ‘divine triumph’

Iran praises Houthi victory along strategic Red Sea coast as ‘divine triumph’ Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has congratulated Yemen’s Houthis following reports of them seizing the entire Red Sea coastline of the country. The advance was described by IRGC spokesman Sardar Mohebi as a “divine triumph” and the culmination of years of resistance by the group. The Houthis’ advance represents a “divine triumph and the fruit of years of steadfastness in the most difficult of battlefields”, Mohebi wrote on X. Iranian officials have continued to hail the Houthi gains. Mohammad Mokhber, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, said that “the homegrown resolve of the resistance have driven the US and its allies into a tactical and strategic impasse”.