Tag Archive for "UAE"

Iran: UAE sabotage incident should be no excuse for US ‘adventurism’
By Sebastian Clark on May 15, 2021
The United Arab Emirates said May 12 that four commercial ships were subjected to sabotage operations in the Gulf of Oman off the port of...
Iran calls for investigation into incidents to ships near UAE
By Sebastian Clark on May 13, 2021
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman called incidents on Sunday to ships near the coast of Fujairah “worrisome and dreadful”, and asked for an investigation into aspects...
UAE, Saudi to help Iran flood victims
By Sebastian Clark on April 13, 2021
The UAE Red Crescent Authority, in coordination with the Saudi Red Crescent, have launched a joint initiative to alleviate the suffering of citizens affected by...
Iran says Riyadh, UAE ‘involved’ in attack
By Sebastian Clark on February 17, 2022
The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has threatened to take unprecedented action against Saudi Arabia and the UAE over a suicide attack...
Tehran slams UAE for treatment of Iran’s businesses in Persian Gulf
By Sebastian Clark on January 29, 2022
Iran’s foreign minister says the United Arab Emirates has adopted an “unacceptable approach” toward Iranian businesses operating in this Gulf Arab state. The semi-official Tasnim...
Qatari foreign minister criticizes Iran sanctions, UAE foreign policy as ‘destabilizing’
By Sebastian Clark on December 17, 2021
Qatar’s foreign minister expressed a host of grievances over his Gulf counterparts’ regional activities on Sunday, calling out Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates...
Iran says Riyadh, UAE have turned OPEC into US ‘tool’
By Sebastian Clark on September 17, 2021
The Iranian representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has accused Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates of taking Iran’s share of...
Plane flying from UAE to Turkey crashes in Iran, killing 11
By Sebastian Clark on March 12, 2022
A Turkish private jet flying from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul carrying a group of young women crashed Sunday night in a mountainous region...
UAE must know that Iran’s sovereignty over Persian Gulf islands “non-negotiable”
By Sebastian Clark on December 3, 2021
By Vahid Jafarian, Editorial Board Member The President of the United Arab Emirates, Khalifa Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan has called on Friday for Iran to sit at the negotiating...
Hacked emails reveal close ties between UAE and anti-Iran/Qatar advocacy groups
By Sebastian Clark on July 23, 2021
By Eli Clifton United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), a group that actively opposed the Iran deal, and the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), which shares...
UAE’s Enoc pays Iran $4 billion in oil dues
By Sebastian Clark on May 30, 2021
Iran has said it had received more than $4bn from Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), as part of the UAE retailer’s settlement of its debts...
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Rotana set to open 1st hotel in Iran in less than a year
By Sebastian Clark on May 1, 2021
Rotana, the Abu Dhabi-based hotel management company, says it plans to open its first hotel in Iran in less than a year. The company has...
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UAE resorted to back-channel line to mar Russia- Iran ties: Washington Post
By Sebastian Clark on April 5, 2021
The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladimir Putin as part...
UAE top diplomat urges Trump, GCC to stand united against Iran!
By Sebastian Clark on March 4, 2022
By Vahid Jafarian, Editorial Board Member The United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to the United States, Yousef al-Otaiba, has claimed that Iran’s “hostile behavior” in the...
Iran ‘has reportedly found substitutes’ for trade with UAE
By Sebastian Clark on January 10, 2022
A key member and the former head of Iran Chamber of Commerce has said the country has already conducted a comprehensive study on its trade relations...
UAE arrests 9 Iranian teachers; Tehran summons UAE envoy
By Sebastian Clark on October 12, 2021
Nine Iranian teachers, who had been sent to work at Iranian schools in the United Arab Emirates, were arrested on October 7 by the UAE...
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Cristal Group Plans to Operate Luxury Hotels in Iran
By Sebastian Clark on August 2, 2021
The head of UAE-based Cristal Hotels says Iran will become one of the region’s most lucrative hotel development markets. With an ambitious annual visitor target...