Iran is trying to give the global economy a ‘heart attack,’ UAE official says

Iran is trying to inflict a “heart attack” on the global economy by closing the Strait of Hormuz, United Arab Emirates official Lana Nusseibeh told Fox News on Wednesday.

The closure of the key energy gateway disrupted the flow of gas and oil around the world in a war that Nusseibeh said his country did not want. The UAE continued to counter Iran’s missile and drone attacks as part of Iran’s regional retaliation.

Nusseibeh, who is a state minister in his country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in the “Special Report”, “What happens in the Gulf clearly does not stay in the Gulf.”

“Iran’s attack on its Gulf allies, the United States and Jordan, is an attack on the entire world,” he continued.

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“We have always tried the diplomatic channel with Iran,” he said. “We have tried this for decades.”

Minister said he went to Tehran early february He will negotiate with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in what were reported at the time as “useful and constructive talks.”

An Emirati diplomatic official said US concerns about Iran’s nuclear programme, ballistic missiles and support for non-state terrorist actors in the region were “well understood” by Dubai, but Iran had taken an “irresponsible decision”.

“Instead of negotiating on these issues, they chose to fire more than 2,200 missiles and drones at the United Arab Emirates,” he said.

“Eighty-nine percent of their targets were civilian infrastructure in my country,” Nusseibeh added. “This needs to stop.”

The graphic shows Iranian ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones launched in the UAE between February 28 and March 24, according to the Critical Threats project by the Institute for the Study of War and AEI. (Courtesy of ISW)

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“The question is: ‘Why?'” Nusseibeh continued. “The answer is that we are an idea that threatens Iran.”

UAE was one of the first members to sign the agreement Abraham AccordsAn agreement signed during the first Trump administration aimed at normalizing and diplomatic relations between Israel and its neighbors.

Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Abraham Accords signing ceremony held on the South Lawn of the White House on September 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

“We are open, progressive, tolerant, a vibrant economy,” he said. “So what did they do for their people with the resources they had?”

Fox News chief political host Bret Baier also asked Nusseibeh for his opinion on the timeline of the war and the potential for the UAE to become aggressively involved.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Wednesday that “talks are continuing” between the United States and Iran despite reports that Iran rejected a U.S. peace proposal and then a U.S.-Israeli rejection of Tehran’s counterproposal.

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Emirates Amb. Yousef Al Otaiba warns US that ‘a simple ceasefire is not enough’ Wall Street Journal opinion article.

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was pressuring President Donald Trump to continue the war in Iran until the regime is overthrown, Fox News previously reported.

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“The UAE is always in favor of a diplomatic exit,” Nusseibeh said. he said. “But once Iran realizes that its behavior as a rogue actor is unacceptable, we need to resort to diplomacy.”

“The light at the end of the tunnel is in Iran’s hands,” he said earlier in the interview.