<br /> <p>US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley on December 14 presented what she said was wreckage of an Iran-made missile, as well as other weapons used by Houthi forces in Yemen to attack Saudi Arabia.</p><p>Haley spoke at a press event in a warehouse at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates supplied the wreckage to the United States, Reuters reported</a>, and Haley said</a> the evidence had been declassified “so that the world could better be informed of the extent of Iran’s malign activities.”</p><p>Houthi forces in Yemen claimed to have launched missiles into Saudi Arabia at least twice</a> in November</a>. Shortly after a November 7 missile attack on Saudi Arabia’s main airport in Riyadh, Haley said the weapon was an Iranian-made Qiam-1 short-range ballistic missile, and at Thursday’s press conference, she appeared in front of what she said was wreckage from that attack.</p><p>UN sanctions prohibit Iran from exporting weapons and separately prohibit the sale of weapons to Houthi forces in Yemen, Reuters said</a>. Haley did not specify when Iran might have transferred these weapons to Houthi forces.</p><p>Though Haley said the evidence of Iranian involvement was “irrefutable,” reports and analyses of similar attacks have indicated some confusion about the origin of this type of missile. Iran’s Qiam-1, a finless rocket guided by propulsion valves on the sides, clearly resembles the recovered structure Haley stood in front of on Thursday. However, some reports suggest the missile was a Yemeni-made Volcano, based on the Qiam-1, with a warhead imported from Iran. Such an import would also violate UN sanctions.</p><p>The origin design for both missiles is the Iraqi Scud, itself a modified version of a Russian weapon. Credit: US Defense Department via Storyful</p><br />
