Researcher at the Royal Institute of International Affairs Chatham House, Farea Al-Muslimi, said that the United States of America killed the Iranian ambassador to the Houthis, Hassan Erloo, with an air strike in December 2021.
Iran was the only country that appointed Erloo as its ambassador. The Houthi group (unrecognized) said that its ambassador had died as a result of complications from his infection with the Covid 21 virus (Corona).
But Al-Muslimi, a researcher in the Yemen and Gulf file at the institute, said in an analysis published by the American Al-Monitor website, that that air strike The attack launched by American fighter jets that killed Irlo was rare.
This information came in the context of an analysis in which the researcher suggested that the Red Sea would be a new battlefield that the Houthi group might ignite against Israel and the United States in the region, if the scope of the war launched by Israel on the Gaza Strip expanded. Gaza.
Irlo’s departure sparked a number of speculations when Houthi leaders described him as a martyr, while the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that he returned to the country in bad condition due to the failure of some countries to arrange his transfer to Tehran, in what appears to be a reference to Saudi Arabia, which agreed to After his transfer following Iraqi mediation.
The United States had imposed sanctions on Irloo, who it said was a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, noting the increased military activity of the Houthi group after his arrival in Yemen.
It was also listed by the US Treasury Department On a blacklist, it described him as an official in the Quds Force, the foreign arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and a pillar of Iranian efforts to project its power in Yemen, Syria and elsewhere.

In October 2020, Erlo was able to enter Sanaa to assume his duties, despite the sea, land and air embargo imposed by the Saudi-led coalition that has been fighting the Houthis since 2015.