Yemen said on Wednesday it has ordered the closure of the Iranian hospital and clinic in Sanaa due to what it said was Iran’s support of the facilities and lack of transparency in their accounts.

Both facilities are run by the Iranian Red Crescent.

“The interior ministry has decided to close the Iranian clinic and hospital because of lack of transparency of their accounts and… Iranian financial support to these two institutions,” said a ministry statement.

Yemeni security forces had on October 13 sealed off the hospital when staff were suspected of aiding needy and diseased Shias.

The hospital, a five-storey building which is staffed by 120 employees including eight Iranians, has been operating in the Yemeni capital for four years, while the clinic has existed for 15 years.

The decision to close them came as a demonstration was set to be staged on Wednesday outside the Iranian embassy to protest against “foreign interference,” state media said.

Yemen’s government accuses Iran of supporting the Shia Zaidi in in the country’s north. Tehran denies the false claim.