Tehran on Friday, August 14 condemned the agreement to normalize relations between its bête noire Israel and the United Arab Emirates, concluded under the aegis of the United States, its sworn enemy, saying that it would strengthen " the axis of resistance Pro-Iranian in the region.
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This agreement announced Thursday is a " strategic stupidity of Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv that will undoubtedly strengthen the axis of resistance, " the Iranian ministry said in a statement with reference to Tehran's allies in the Middle East. Establishing diplomatic relations between Israel and US allies in the Gulf is a key objective of US President Donald Trump's regional strategy to contain Iran's growing influence.
Washington and Tehran have been at daggers drawn since the unilateral withdrawal in May 2018 of the United States from the international Iranian nuclear agreement of 2015. Donald Trump was the first to announce the agreement between Israel and the Emirates which provides for normalization of their relations and which, once signed, will make the federation the third Arab country to follow this path since the creation of the Hebrew state in 1948. “ The oppressed people of Palestine and all the free nations of the world will never forgive the normalization of relations with the occupier and the criminal regime of Israel, ”the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.
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Describing the “ shameful action of the Emirates ” as dangerous, Iranian diplomacy warned against any Israeli interference in the Gulf and affirmed that “ the UAE government and other states alongside it will be responsible for the consequences ” of this agreement. In an allusion to its great regional rival, Saudi Arabia, Tehran also called on the leaders " in their ivory tower " who oppose the Palestinian and Yemeni peoples not to " confuse their enemies and their friends ".
Saudi Arabia has intervened in the war in Yemen since 2015 in support of government forces in the face of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The Hebrew state fears the growing influence of Iran in several countries, especially in Syria, where the Islamic Republic and its ally the Lebanese Hezbollah support the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
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In an editorial, the official Iranian agency Irna asserted that the agreement was neither historic, nor strategic, nor a desire of the United States to " solve the problems of the region " but only a scheme of Mr. Trump to get re-elected as the polls put Democratic opponent Joe Biden ahead.
With most Gulf countries already having informal ties with Israel, the deal's impact will be limited, according to Irna, who says others like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait will follow the UAE within three months. that precede the US presidential election to influence the outcome.
