By Faisal Abu Bakr | 2025-10-28

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander Mohammad Pakpour's statement expressing readiness to strengthen cooperation with the Houthis further confirms continued Iranian support, experts and officials told Al-Fassel.

The support is intended to perpetuate regional instability and advance the Iranian regime's interests, while completely ignoring the needs and ongoing humanitarian suffering of the Yemeni people.

On October 20, the Tehran Times reported that Pakpour conveyed to Houthi Chief of Staff Youssef Hassan al-Madani that the IRGC is fully prepared "to reinforce spiritual and strategic bonds ties with the Yemeni Armed Forces."

Legitimizing Houthi terrorism

By referring to the Houthis as "Yemen's Armed Forces," the IRGC commander attempts to legitimize a group whose actual mission is to commit terrorist attacks, violations against the Yemeni people, and international terrorism against global navigation," Abdul Qader al-Kharraz, research projects director at the Arab Democratic Center in Berlin, told Al-Fassel.

"The description is a propaganda ploy, desperately trying to portray the Houthis as leaders of a national army, despite the fact that they are nothing more than terrorist gangs," he said.

"The flow of Iranian weapons to Houthi militias through smuggling continues, the presence of Iranian experts has been repeatedly confirmed, and this cooperation is now openly declared," al-Kharraz noted.

Sole force in Iran's 'Axis of Resistance'

IRGC support and ties with the Houthis are continuous, proving Iran's desire to use the group as a regional proxy following the defeats of its "axis of resistance" groups in Lebanon and Syria.

"The Iranian regime may believe that, after the fall of the Syrian regime, the humiliation of Hizbullah, and the Gaza war, the Houthi militias are its last rogue proxy remaining," deputy Minister of Justice Faisal al-Majeedi told Al-Fassel.

"Therefore, it will continue to supply a sophisticated arsenal of important, tested weapons," he added.

"Iran considers the Houthi militias an advanced IRGC base. This blatant fact proves that the Houthis' actions exclusively serve Iranian interests," he said.

Destabilizing the region

Strengthening relations between the IRGC and the Houthi militias aims to perpetuate instability in the region.

"The Houthi role comes at the direct cost of the Yemeni people's continued suffering, clearly demonstrating the Iranian regime's disregard for them," al-Kharraz said.

He warned that the continued partnership "will ensure the continuation of Houthi missile and drone terrorist attacks, further exacerbating the Yemeni humanitarian crisis and threatening regional stability."