Is The Uae Siding With Iran

With trump s arrival in power the qatar crisis and the ensuing polarization in the gulf the relations between iran and the uae have recently gone through a setback.

Is the uae siding with iran. Iran policy made arab look at israel. The phone call came less than month after a controversial normalisation agreement between israel and the united arab emirates. Saud i arabia bahrain the uae egypt and several other allies severed ties with qatar in a shock move in 2017 accusing doha of backing terrorism and siding with their regional rival iran. Diplomatic relations between iran and the united arab emirates are going through another rough patch as the latter recently submitted a letter to the united nations general assembly expressing concern over iran s expansionist policies in the region.

Pompeo made an unusually vehement attack on france britain and germany accusing them of siding with iran s ayatollahs and on august 20 announced a controversial move known as the snapback. Accusing it of backing extremists and siding with iran. The uae israel deal is about more than iran. Especially noteworthy is uae s siding with saudi arabia to curb iran s posturing in the region.

Earlier this week the iranians seized an emirati ship after tehran said the uae coastguard killed two of its. Iran feels that its arch enemy israel now has a staging post in tehran s backyard. Unsc jcpoa parties siding with iran against us. The letter called on iran to return the three disputed islands of greater tunb lesser tunb and abu musa to the uae and denounced iran.

Moreover despite its siding with iraq some high ranking members of the ruling family of abu dhabi played a prominent role in what is known in the west as the iran contra scandal in which u s. The argument that the uae established diplomatic ties with israel because its foreign policy is centered on countering iran ignores the fact that over. The three year old crisis pitting qatar against several middle east nations returns to the un s top court this week with hearings in a case between doha and the united arab emirates.