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Iran’s Foreign Minister accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of nonstop engagement successful subject operations against his state during a BRICS gathering successful New Delhi connected Thursday (May 14, 2026), Iranian authorities media reported.
The spat comes a time aft the UAE denied a connection by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that helium visited the Gulf state during the Iran war, to which Abbas Araghchi already reacted by saying that “those colluding with Israel to sow part volition beryllium held to account.”
“I didn’t sanction the UAE successful my (BRICS) connection for the involvement of unity. But the information is that the UAE was straight progressive successful the aggression against my country. When the attacks started, they didn’t adjacent contented a condemnation,” authorities media quoted Mr. Araghchi arsenic saying, successful effect to comments made by the Emirati representative.
Iranian authorities media did not specify what the Emirati typical said.
According to the reports, Mr. Araghchi argued that neither U.S. bases nor an confederation with Israel provided the UAE with information and that it should reconsider its argumentation toward Iran.
“We indispensable live side-by-side successful peace, and this requires peaceful relations and implicit knowing betwixt the 2 countries,” Mr. Araghchi added.
The Iran warfare began with U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran connected February 28, with Tehran responding by firing missiles and drones astatine U.S. bases and different targets successful Gulf countries.
The Wall Street Journal published a communicative connected Monday (May 11, 2026) saying the UAE carried retired subject operations connected Iran successful aboriginal April. Saudi Arabia has besides launched numerous, unpublicized strikes against Iran, Western and Iranian officials person said.
Iranian media person raised uncertainty as to whether the participants astatine the BRICS overseas ministers’ meeting successful India volition negociate to contented a last communique arsenic a effect of differences betwixt Iran and the UAE, with Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi being cited arsenic saying determination were “problems and communications” due to the UAE’s presence.
