President Al-Mashat: 21 September Revolution restored Yemen’s historic role at Arab & Islamic levels

His Excellency Marshal Staff Lieutenant General Mahdi al-Mashat, President of the Supreme Political Council, affirmed that the 21 September Revolution restored Yemen’s historic role at the Arab and Islamic levels.

Yemen has become an initiator in supporting the oppressed Palestinian people and a strong barrier against normalization projects and Zionist domination.

In his address this evening on the occasion of the eleventh anniversary of the glorious 21 September Revolution, President al-Mashat extended congratulations and blessings to the Yemeni people and to the leader of the revolution, Sayyid Abdul-Malik Badruddin al-Houthi — may God protect him — and to those stationed on the fronts of honor who defend the people and protect the homeland across its plains and seas, and to all the sincere ones in the various fields of jihad, and to the free people at home and abroad on this national occasion.

He pointed out that this year’s anniversary of the 21 September Revolution comes amid winds of rapid challenges and changes, at a stage when the wounds of our nation are bleeding, and the Palestinian people are facing the fiercest waves of Zionist crime and brutality in massacres unparalleled in history—committed in cold blood under the umbrella of blatant American support. The Arab region is being violated, and the Israeli enemy intensifies its rampage, violating all norms and international laws. The latest chapters of its crimes include the treacherous aggression and the heinous assassination attempt targeting the negotiating delegation of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Qatari capital Doha, the brutal crime against civilians in the Al-Tahrir neighborhood in the capital Sana’a and in Al-Jawf governorate, and the aggression against the port of Hodeidah.

President al-Mashat affirmed that these successive events, and the dimensions they carry, constitute conclusive proof of the correctness and effectiveness of the 21 September Revolution, which restored Yemen’s dignity and freed it from the clutches of tutelage, placing it on the path of independence and freedom, allowing it to write a new chapter in its history with an independent decision, an unbroken will, and an unwavering resolve.

He said, “When we recall the anniversary of the 21 September Revolution, we are not merely retrieving a past event; we are recalling a living, vibrant reality that continues to shape our present and form our future. It is an anniversary that ignites in hearts the flame of dignity , pride, and a reminder of the historic turning point in which the Yemeni people reclaimed their free will and raised their voice loudly against corruption, tutelage, and dependency, thereby drawing a new page of dignity and honor in their struggle.”

He explained that “whoever contemplates Yemen’s situation since the founding of the Yemeni Republic cannot but perceive the depth of the cumulative imbalances, and that Yemen was never truly well. From this realization springs the importance of the glorious 21 September Revolution, which was a national necessity and an urgent popular demand at a moment when the nation’s resources were being eroded, values were being replaced, and identity was being undermined by the meddling of foreign actors and their tainted internal tools of dependency and corruption.”

He noted that the blessed 21 September Revolution crowned our people’s path of struggle after decades of betrayal and frustration, after the forces of the former regime had nullified all legitimacy, squandered all the country’s resources, and rendered the nation’s sovereignty void. The revolution exposed the truth about those forces that indulged in concession and betrayal, sold the national decision, and emptied state institutions of their sovereign content in favor of foreign tutelage, which in its later years became an open and visible reality.

President al-Mashat added: “Whoever remembers that dark period before the outbreak of the popular revolution will realize that we were living at the peak of national decline, when some of the then-ruling local forces colluded with external agendas at the expense of the people, their interests, the country’s sovereignty and independence, until they brought the country to an overt guardianship that turned its sovereignty into a bargaining chip in the hands of foreign appetites.”

He pointed out that the center of decision-making then shifted from the presidential palace to the U.S. embassy building, and the ambassador became the one who commands and forbids, deciding and directing as he pleases, planning and executing in a blatant and flagrant spectacle. It was not merely indirect influence but explicit management and a soft occupation presented to the people as an existing reality, as if it were an inexorable fate to be accepted and adapted to.

Faced with this decline, the 21 September Revolution emerged as a brave liberating act that affixed a title of dignity on Yemen’s place in history, restored the will of a people who wanted life, and opened a new page of pride and independence.

His Excellency stated that the revolutionary escalation that culminated in the victory of the Yemeni people on 21 September was not an expression of one sect over another, nor of one tribe over another, nor of one region separate from others; rather, it was a purely popular effort stemming from people’s suffering and uniting all their segments and reflecting their aspirations. Yemenis of diverse components took a single popular stand, mobilizing for their country—not on behalf of anyone—and stood united against corruption and dependency, thereby writing an unforgettable page of glory.

He said that at that decisive moment faces were exposed , masks fell, and external parties emerged confronting the will of the people, using their internal tools, deluded that they could halt the sweeping revolutionary tide and the advancing popular movement. But the great awareness of the people proved to be a rock upon which foreign conspiracies were shattered and attempts to return to the past were thwarted.

He affirmed that this conscious, peaceful, and responsible popular movement was a bright page in modern Yemeni history, written by Yemenis with the blood of their dignity and the honor of their struggle. History will record it as an everlasting lesson for future generations—a saga of freedom, notable for its rare peacefulness and great achievements that astonished observers and were described as “an extraordinary act.”

President al-Mashat explained that the 21 September Revolution was achieved at minimal cost and with the highest degrees of awareness and discipline: it established security, preserved public and private property, invited all national partners to peace and partnership, presented a unique model, and accomplished a noble national goal.

He noted that this revolution possessed rare features seldom found together in a popular revolution: it was neither imported nor paid for from abroad but emerged from the womb of the people—from their pain and hopes, wounds and aspirations. It was distinguished by remarkable popular discipline and steadfast peacefulness. Although weapons were present in the hands of many, Yemeni wisdom served as the guardian: not a single attack on civilians was recorded. The scene was more than believable and less likely to be repeated.

He added: “One of the most prominent attributes of this revolution was its tolerance toward its opponents. Despite the hostility and conspiracies it faced, at the height of its victory it extended its hand to all sons of the homeland, even to those who had been on the side of its adversaries; it included them in the (Peace and Partnership Agreement), guaranteed their rights, property, and political positions, and declared that it was a revolution for everyone—not for exclusion or revenge, but to protect the homeland and participate in building its future. There is neither victor nor vanquished; the whole people triumphed.”

He continued: “But they quickly denied it, and the outside began weaving conspiracies and used them when a direct military aggression was launched—announced from Washington—and this aggression was led by the Saudi regime in an attempt to return Yemen to tutelage. But they failed and were thwarted, by God’s grace and by the steadfastness and resilience of this great Yemeni people—a people of faith and wisdom. A people who have tasted freedom will not consent to be slaves except to God Almighty.”

He affirmed that the Palestinian cause was present as a priority in the 21 September Revolution from its very outset, considering it the central and greatest injustice from which other injustices in our region and the Islamic world branch. The revolution maintained its principled and religious stance in standing with the Palestinian people, consecrating them with blood and immortal positions, preventing Israeli navigation from passing through the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, reaching to the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, and mobilizing all its capabilities to support the Palestinian people. He noted that in this framework the Prime Minister in the government of Change and Construction and a number of his ministerial colleagues, and a large number of heroes from the armed forces and citizens of this dear people rose as noble martyrs in the framework of the Battle of the Promised Opening and the Sacred Jihad. Were it not for this revolution, normalization with the enemy Israeli entity would have been proclaimed from Yemen in response to American directives.

He went on: “Today we close a decade of the brutal American–Saudi aggression that has not stopped to this day, with all it mobilized of military arsenals, international alliances, and financial and political capabilities. After years of systematic killing and destruction, a suffocating blockade, and deliberate starvation, we stand today firmer, mightier, and more resolute to defend our country and deter any aggression imposed upon it. We strive diligently to achieve accomplishments in an age of challenges and wrest successes from the jaws of aggression and blockade. Our dear people have the right to see their wounds bear dignity, their pains turn into victory, to take pride in their revolution, esteem their leadership, and trust the correctness of their path. The glorious 21 September Revolution was not a moment of anger but a path of awareness to protect the people and sovereignty over every inch of our free and occupied lands—from wounded Aden to our plundered coasts.”

He added that the 21 September Revolution restored Yemen’s historic role at the Arab and Islamic levels: it became an initiator in supporting the oppressed Palestinian people and a strong barrier against normalization projects and Zionist domination.

He said that as we celebrate the eleventh anniversary of the glorious 21 September Revolution, we remember our brothers in Gaza who have lived for nearly two years under the crimes of the occupying Zionist entity without restraint from the governments and armies of our Arab and Islamic nation. At this occasion we say to our dear Yemeni people with pride and esteem that one of the most important fruits of our blessed revolution is Yemen’s standing—leadership and people, at all military, security, political and cultural levels—officially and popularly alongside our oppressed brothers in Palestine and the Gaza Strip. This is strong evidence that Yemen lives beyond the era of foreign tutelage and enjoys full independence and complete sovereignty in its decisions. Within this framework we confront the imams of disbelief—our Arab and Islamic nation’s enemies, America and Israel—in the Battle of the Promised Opening and the Sacred Jihad.

He reiterated Yemen’s steadfast position in support of Palestine and its just cause, and renewed the solidarity of the Yemeni government and people with Arab countries and their peoples who are subjected to continuous and repeated Israeli aggression, which underscores the brutality of this enemy and its pursuit of implementing and entrenching a policy of violation with blatant American and Western support.

He said they had hoped that the extraordinary Doha summit would produce practical decisions rather than mere statements and condemnation phrases. The message from the Zionist aggression against Qatar was clear to all: the role awaits those who do not awaken. We face an enemy that resorts only to the language of force, no matter how much some bury their heads in the sand. The American bases in the region are for its protection, not yours as some imagine; they are against you, not for you.

He affirmed Yemen’s position supporting Arab and Islamic unity in confronting this danger, and expressed the will of the Yemeni people, day after day, in strikes by our armed forces deep into this usurping entity, and stated that nothing else expresses the Yemeni people’s will. Any other voice is a functional voice uttered by others professing to represent this country, unfortunately on behalf of those who employed them for that purpose and not on behalf of the Yemeni people with their known positions and sacrifices.

He paid tribute with utmost reverence and honor to the steadfastness and patience of our great Yemeni people—workers and employees, women and men and children—facing the American–Saudi aggression and blockade that continues to this day, whose eventual outcome will be abundant good as God promised His patient servants. He praised the patience and steadfastness of the Yemeni mujahida woman—mother and sister—in crafting epics of resilience, planting a culture of honor and dignity, and instilling the principles of jihad in the consciousness of generations.

He renewed his pledge to the Yemeni people to work to recover all the people’s rights and to preserve their sovereignty, resources and wealth. He urged citizens in the occupied areas to reject the military presence of occupying forces, and addressed the states of aggression to implement their obligations toward peace and to make reparation for the damage inflicted on Yemen as a result of the aggression and the siege.

He offered his deepest condolences and sincerest sympathies to all the martyrs of Yemen in general, and specifically named the martyrs of the recent Israeli attacks on civilian neighborhoods in Al-Tahrir district, Al-Jawf governorate, and Hodeidah. He asked God to grant mercy and forgiveness to the martyrs, healing for the wounded, and patience and solace to their families.

President al-Mashat affirmed to our people that these pure bloods will not be wasted; they are in the cause of God and in support of our brothers in Palestine, and that the Yemeni Armed Forces will inflict the harshest blows on the criminal Zionist entity. He reiterated that “the government continues to perform its duties and serve the people and that we will proceed on the same path toward radical change until achieving the construction of a modern and just Yemeni state along the path of the righteous martyrs, God willing.”

Mercy and eternity to the martyrs, healing to the wounded, freedom to the prisoners. Victory to Yemen, Palestine, and all the free people of the Ummah. Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

Below is the text of the speech:

In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and blessings and peace be upon His noble Messenger and upon his pure and chosen family; and may God be pleased with his righteous companions. After that:

On my own behalf and on behalf of my colleagues in the Supreme Political Council, I congratulate our dear Yemeni people on the eleventh anniversary of the glorious 21 September Revolution. On the same occasion I extend my congratulations to the leader of the blessed revolution, Sayyid Abdul-Malik Badruddin al-Houthi — may God protect him — and I take this opportunity to offer my heartfelt congratulations and blessings to our heroes who are stationed on the fronts of honor defending the dignity of our dear people and protecting the beloved homeland across its plains and seas. These congratulations are also extended to all the sincere ones in various broad fields of jihad, to all the honorable and free people at home and abroad.

O great Yemeni people: This year marks the eleventh anniversary of the glorious 21 September Revolution, arriving amid winds of rapid challenges and changes, at a stage when the wounds of our nation bleed, and when the Palestinian people face the fiercest waves of Zionist crime and brutality in massacres unprecedented in history, committed in cold blood under the umbrella of blatant American support. The entire Arab region is being violated, and the Israeli enemy intensifies its rampage—striking here and assassinating there—flouting all norms and international laws. The most recent chapters of its crimes include the treacherous aggression and the heinous assassination attempt against the negotiating delegation of Hamas in the heart of Doha, the brutal crime against the civilians living in Al-Tahrir neighborhood in the capital Sana’a , in Al-Jawf governorate, and the aggression on the port of Hodeidah.

These successive events and their implications provide decisive proof of the correctness and effectiveness of the glorious 21 September Revolution—this revolution that restored Yemen’s dignity and freed it from the clutches of tutelage, putting it on the path to independence and freedom, to write a new chapter in its history with independent decision, unbroken will, and unwavering resolve.

When we recall the anniversary of the 21 September Revolution, we are not just recalling a past event; we are recalling a living and vibrant reality that still shapes our present and forms our future. It is an anniversary that ignites in hearts the flame of dignity and honor and is a reminder of the historic turning point in which the Yemeni people regained their free will and raised their voices loudly against corruption, tutelage, and dependency, thereby drawing a new page of honor and dignity in their struggle.

O dear Yemeni people: Whoever contemplates Yemen’s reality since the establishment of the Yemeni Republic cannot but realize the depth of the accumulated imbalances and that Yemen was never well. From this understanding emerges the importance of the glorious 21 September Revolution, which was a national necessity and an urgent popular need, at a moment when the country’s resources were being eroded, values were being replaced, and identity was being eroded by the meddling of outsiders , their internal tools tainted with dependency and corruption.

The blessed 21 September Revolution came as the culmination of our people’s struggle after decades of betrayal and frustration, after the forces of the former regime had nullified all legitimacy, squandered all the country’s resources, and made the nation’s sovereignty permissible to abuse. The revolution exposed the truth about these forces that practiced concession and betrayal, sold the national decision, and emptied state institutions of their sovereign substance in favor of foreign tutelage, which in recent years had become an open reality.

Whoever recalls that dark phase preceding the outbreak of the popular revolution will realize that we were living at the peak of national decline, when some of the then-ruling local forces colluded with foreign agendas at the expense of the people, their interests, the country’s sovereignty, and independence, until they brought the country to an overt guardianship that turned its sovereignty into a paper in the hands of foreign appetites.

The center of decision moved then from the presidential palace to the U.S. embassy building, and the ambassador became the one who commands and forbids—deciding whatever he wished, directing as he wanted, planning and executing in a blatant and flagrant scene. It was not mere indirect influence but explicit management and a soft occupation presented to the people as an existing fact, as if it were an inescapable fate to be accepted and adapted to.

In response to this decline, the 21 September Revolution came as a brave liberating act that wrote for Yemen a title of dignity upon the brow of history, restored the will of a people that wanted life, and opened a new page of pride and independence.

O dear Yemeni people: The revolutionary escalation that culminated in the victory of the Yemeni people on 21 September was not an expression of one sect over another, nor of one tribe over another, nor of one region isolated from others; rather, it was a purely popular effort originating from their suffering, encompassing all segments, and expressing their aspirations. Yemenis of different components rose in a single popular alignment, acting for their homeland—not for anyone else—and stood together confronting corruption and dependency, thereby writing an unforgettable page of glory.

At that decisive moment faces were exposed and masks fell. External actors emerged confronting the will of the people, using their instruments inside the country, deluded that they could halt the sweeping revolutionary tide and the advancing popular movement. But the great awareness of the people was the rock upon which foreign conspiracies were shattered and attempts to revert were hindered.

That conscious, peaceful, responsible popular movement was a shining page in modern Yemeni history, written by Yemenis with the blood of their dignity and the honor of their struggle. History will record it as an everlasting lesson for generations to come, as an epic of freedom, rare in its peacefulness and great in its achievement, astonishing observers and described as “an extraordinary act.”

Yes, the 21 September Revolution was achieved at the lowest cost and with the highest levels of awareness and discipline, establishing security, preserving public and private property, calling all national partners to peace and partnership, offering a unique model, and achieving a lofty national goal.

Brothers and sisters: The 21 September Revolution possessed features rarely united in a popular revolution: it was not imported or paid for from abroad; it sprang from the womb of the people—their pains and hopes, wounds and aspirations—and was distinguished by striking popular discipline and steadfast peacefulness. Although arms were present in many hands, Yemeni wisdom served as the guardian; not a single attack on civilians was recorded. The scene was more than believable and less likely to be repeated.

One of the most prominent characteristics of this revolution was its tolerance toward its opponents. Despite the hostility and conspiracies it faced, at the height of its victory it decided to extend its hand to all sons of the homeland, even those who were on the side of its adversaries. It included them in the (Peace and Partnership Agreement), guaranteed their rights, properties, and political positions, and declared that it is a revolution for everyone—not for exclusion or revenge, but to protect the homeland and participate in building its future. There is neither victor nor vanquished; the entire people triumphed.

But they quickly denied it, and the outside began to weave conspiracies and used them when a direct military aggression was launched announced from Washington, and this aggression was led by the Saudi regime in an attempt to return Yemen again to tutelage. But they failed and were thwarted, by God’s grace and the steadfastness and valor of this great Yemeni people—a people of faith and wisdom. A people who have tasted freedom will not consent to be slaves except to God Almighty.

Brothers and sisters: The Palestinian cause was present as a priority in the 21 September Revolution from its very outset, being the central and greatest oppression from which other oppressions in our region and Islamic world branch. The revolution maintained its principled and religious stance in standing with the Palestinian people, sanctified them with blood and immortal positions, prevented Israeli navigation from passing through the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, reaching to the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean, and mobilized all its capabilities to support the Palestinian people. In this context, the Prime Minister in the Government of Change and Construction and a number of his ministerial colleagues, and a large number of heroes from the armed forces and citizens of this dear people rose as noble martyrs in the framework of the Battle of the Promised Opening and the Sacred Jihad. Were it not for this revolution, normalization with the enemy Israeli entity would have been proclaimed from Yemen in response to American directives.

Brothers and sisters: Today we close a decade of the brutal American–Saudi aggression that has not stopped to this day, with all it mobilized of military arsenals, international alliances, and financial and political capabilities. After years of systematic killing and destruction, the suffocating siege, and deliberate starvation, we stand today firmer, mightier, and more resolute to defend our country and repel any aggression imposed upon it. We strive diligently to achieve achievements in the time of challenges and extract successes from between the jaws of aggression and siege. Our dear people have the right to see their wounds bear dignity and their pains turn into victory, to be proud of their revolution, esteem their leadership, and trust the correctness of their approach. The glorious 21 September Revolution was not a moment of anger but a path of awareness to protect the people and sovereignty over every inch of our free and occupied lands—from wounded Aden to our plundered coasts—and it returned to Yemen its historical role at the Arab and Islamic levels as an initiator in supporting the oppressed Palestinian people and a strong barrier against normalization projects and Zionist domination.

Brothers and sisters: As we celebrate the eleventh anniversary of the glorious 21 September Revolution, we remember our brothers in Gaza who have lived for nearly two years under the crimes of the occupying Zionist entity without restraint from the governments , armies of our Arab and Islamic nation. At this occasion we say to our dear Yemeni people with pride and esteem that one of the most important fruits of our blessed revolution is Yemen’s standing—leadership and people—on all military, security, political, and cultural levels, officially and popularly, alongside our oppressed brothers in Palestine and the Gaza Strip. This is strong evidence that Yemen lives beyond the era of foreign tutelage and enjoys full independence and complete sovereignty in its decision. Within this framework we confront the imams of disbelief—our Arab and Islamic nation’s enemies, America and Israel—in the Battle of the Promised Opening and the Sacred Jihad.

We affirm today our steadfast position alongside Palestine and its just cause and renew Yemen’s solidarity—government and people—with Arab countries and peoples subjected to continuous Israeli aggression, which confirms the brutality of the Israeli enemy and its implementation and entrenchment of a policy of violation with blatant American and Western support.

We had hoped that the extraordinary Doha summit would produce practical resolutions rather than words and expressions of condemnation. The message from the Zionist aggression on Qatar was clear to all: the role awaits those who do not awaken. We are facing an enemy that answers only the language of force no matter how much some bury their heads in the sand, and the American bases in the region are for its protection and not for you, as some imagine; they are upon you and not for you. Here we affirm Yemen’s stance in support of Arab and Islamic unity in confronting this danger, and we also express the will of the Yemeni people every day in strikes by our armed forces deep into this usurping entity. Nothing else expresses the will of the Yemeni people; any other voice is a functional voice uttered by others purportedly on behalf of this country, unfortunately on behalf of those who employed them for that purpose and not on behalf of the Yemeni people with their known positions and sacrifices.

We stand with reverence, esteem, and honor before the steadfastness and patience of our great Yemeni people—workers and employees, women and men, and children—in facing the American–Saudi aggression and blockade, which has not stopped to this day and whose outcome will be abundant good as God promised the patient. We praise, in this regard, the patience and steadfastness of the Yemeni mujahida woman—mother and sister—in forging epics of steadfastness, planting a culture of dignity and honor, and instilling the principles of jihad in the consciousness of generations.

We renew our pledge to our dear Yemeni people that we are working to recover all the rights of the people and to preserve their sovereignty, resources and wealth, and we call on citizens in the occupied areas to reject the military presence of occupying forces. We call on the aggressor states to implement their obligations toward peace and to compensate for the damage inflicted on Yemen as a result of the aggression and siege.

We extend our deepest condolences and sincerest sympathies to all the martyrs of Yemen in general, and we single out the martyrs of the recent Israeli attacks on civilian neighborhoods in Al-Tahrir district, Al-Jawf governorate, and Hodeidah. We ask God to grant the martyrs mercy and forgiveness, to fortify the hearts of their families with patience and consolation, and complete healing for the wounded. We affirm to our people that these pure bloods will not be in vain; they are in the cause of God and in support of our brothers in Palestine, and that the Yemeni Armed Forces will inflict the harshest blows on the criminal Zionist entity. We reiterate that the government continues to perform its duties and serve the people and that we will continue on the same path toward radical change until achieving the construction of a modern and just Yemeni state on the path of the righteous martyrs, God willing.

Mercy and eternity to the martyrs, healing to the wounded, freedom to the prisoners. Victory to Yemen, Palestine, and all the free in the nation. Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.