The London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reports that Iranian Majlis speaker Ali Larijani is visiting Yemen to reassure it regarding fears of Iranian involvement in rebel activity in southern Yemen, and regarding activity by the Houthis in the Sa'ada district in northern Yemen.
Senior Yemeni officials have accused Iran of supporting the Houthis (see Yemeni Official: Iran Clearly Involved In Al-Houthi Rebellion).
According to the report, Larijani told Yemen President Ali Abdallah Saleh that his country supported Yemen's stability and security.
Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, May 15, 2009
