Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (R) shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Said al-Jaber ahead of a meeting in the southern port city of Aden February 28, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
ADEN (Reuters) - President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi accused his predecessor on Sunday of conspiring with Iran to scuttle a 2011 deal backed by Gulf states to transfer power to him in cooperation with the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi group.
Hadi, who assumed office in 2012 after Ali Abdullah Saleh resigned following months of protests against his 33-year rule, fled to the southern port city of Aden last month after the Houthis battled their way to the presidential palace.
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