Al Jazeera: Houthis say they have secured aid package from Iran

Spokesperson says Tehran has pledged to expand Yemen's ports, help build power plants and provide Yemen with oil.

Yemen's de-facto rulers, the Shia Houthi rebels, say they have secured an economic aid package from Iran.

A delegation of Houthis just returned from Iran and a spokesperson said Iran had pledged to expand Yemen's ports, help build power plants and provide Yemen with enough oil to last a year.

Yemen is caught in a standoff between deposed president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the Houthi rebels, who seized control of the capital Sanaa and staged a coup in February by dissolving the country's parliament and creating a "presidential council".

More News On The Crisis In Yemen

Iran to supply Yemen with oil for a year: Houthi official -- Asahrq Al-Awsat
Iran promises a year's worth of oil to Yemen's Houthis -- Middle East Eye
Iran ready to fund Yemeni power stations, Al Houthis say -- Gulf News/Bloomberg
Yemen factions welcome Riyadh talks, Houthis rebuff peace efforts -- Asharq Al-Awsat
Houthi leader accuses Gulf states of backing al Qaeda in Yemen -- Reuters
GCC states say Yemen crisis talks open to Houthis -- Al Arabiya/AFP
Yemeni opposition announces united front against Houthis -- Reuters
Two Dead in Protests Against Houthi Rebels in Yemen -- WSJ
Yemen's Houthis hold exercises near Saudi border -- Reuters
Yemen’s Houthis Said to Plan Military Exercise Near Saudi Arabia -- Bloomberg
Houthis come down from mountains to fill Yemen's power vacuum -- The Independent