Tehran, March 27 (IANS): Iran on Friday called for cooperation and dialogue among regional countries and various Yemeni factions to bring peace to the south Arabian country.

Iran was fully ready to cooperate with other countries in the Middle East to facilitate dialogue among regional stakeholders and conflicting Yemeni sections to restore peace in the country, said Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif in response to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's allegations of Iranian intervention there, reported Xinhua

"Those who have caused damage to the region with their ambitions and mistakes should adopt responsible policies and use their capacities for establishing peace and convergence in the region," Zarif was quoted as saying by official IRNA news agency.

Declaring Turkey's support on the Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday, Erdogan accused Iran of intervening in Yemen and trying to dominate the region.

Zarif, who is currently in Switzerland for talks on Iran's controversial nuclear issue, urged the political parties involved in the Yemeni conflict to return to the negotiation table to settle their differences.

Yemen was hit by a wave of internal violence since the Shia Houthi rebels ousted Yemeni President Abd-Rabbo Mansour Hadi in February and forced him to flee the capital Sanaa to the southern seaside city of Aden.

A Saudi-led military coalition launched airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen earlier on Thursday, a day after Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin sought military intervention during his meetings with his Arab counterparts in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh ahead of an Arab summit.