If ever there was proof needed that Iran has been meddling in the internal affairs of Yemen, look no further than the capture and arrest of Iranian military advisers on the ground there on Friday. Forces loyal to the legitimate government of President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi fighting Al Houthi terrorists in Aden captured two Iranian military officers who belonged, initial investigations showed, to an elite unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

Tehran has been caught red-handed. There is no other possible explanation for the presence of the Quds Force officers in Aden, other than to offer help and advice to Al Houthis in their subversive campaign of terror to destabilise Yemen and complete their plans to overthrow the rightful civilian government of President Hadi. But their arrest also begs the question of how many more Iranian advisers are on the ground in Yemen, offering training to Al Houthis, teaching how to kill Yemenis and how to seize power.

This proven presence of Iranian forces on the ground now shows how duplicitous and dangerous Tehran has been in stirring up sedition in Yemen. But let’s not be fooled into thinking that this is a one-off occurrence. No, rest assured, the weaponry used by Al Houthis comes from Iran, the rocket-propelled grenades come from Iran, the bullets and magazines for AK-47s also come from Iran.

But Yemen is just the latest Arab nation to be infested by Iranian influence. In Lebanon, Hezbollah and its supporters that tinged that nation with sectarian strife and propaganda; in Syria, Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah fight alongside the forces still loyal to President Bashar Al Assad; and in Iraq, Iranian-backed militias exact revenge in areas where the murderous tide of Daesh ((the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant)) has been turned back.

The Arab coalition — of which the UAE is proud to be a leading member — has always known that Al Houthis’ terror threat was funded and fuelled by Iran’s desperate need to meddle in the internal affairs of Arab nations. And with Tehran wanting to send a warship off the coast of Aden “for humanitarian purposes”, its words ring most hollow indeed.