Iran’s foreign minister has published an op-ed in The New York Times calling for a ceasefire and dialogue to resolve the crisis in Yemen. As U.S.-backed Saudi airstrikes rock the capital Sana’a, which is held by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif writes, “One cannot confront Al Qaeda and its ideological siblings, such as the so-called Islamic State … in Iraq, while effectively enabling their growth in Yemen and Syria.” On Sunday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized U.S. foreign policy.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: “The myth of Iranian nuclear weapons was created by the Americans, with the Europeans and others, with the purpose of showing Iran as a threat. No, America is itself the threat. The American regime is the greatest threat to the world today, with its irrelevant interference anywhere it pleases in the world, without any control, without any commitment, religious or moral, interference that compromises security.”

Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers resume Tuesday.