Iran has welcomed Yemen's recent measure to release the crew of an Israeli-linked cargo vessel that was confiscated shortly after the Tel Aviv regime waged its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

According to The Iran Project, An assistant to Iran's foreign minister and the director general for the Persian Gulf Affairs in the Iranian Foreign Ministry said his office had been following up on the matter through communication with relevant parties in Yemen as well as the Palestinian Hamas resistance group over the past months.

“We are now pleased that, with the sincere cooperation of [Yemen's] Ansarullah [resistance movement], the crew of the ship will return to their respective countries,” Mohammad Alibek added.

As part of its campaign in support of Palestinians in Gaza, Yemen seized the Bahamas-flagged, Japanese-operated Galaxy Leader owned by a British company, which in turn is partially owned by Israeli tycoon Abraham (Rami) Ungar.

The seizure took place in the Red Sea through a helicopter-borne Yemeni operation in November 2023.

Since then, the vessel’s 25-strong crew – 17 Filipinos, three Ukrainians, two Bulgarians, two Mexicans and a Romanian – had been held in Yemen.

On Wednesday, Yemen's Supreme Political Council “announced the freeing of the crew of the Galaxy Leader," saying the move came “in support of the ceasefire" in Gaza.