# Can Iran prevent a wider war between the US and Houthis?

https://mins.news/en/video/95726

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-12 00:41 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JCrMBtMF6A

> Al Jazeera interviews Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, about Iran’s mediation in Yemen and rising tensions with Washington. Parsi says Tehran wants to avert a wider regional war, while noting that Yemen’s Houthi movement, also known as Ansar Allah, acts independently and does not always heed Iran’s advice. He also discusses Saudi-Iranian normalisation and the prospect of further US escalation.

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