Like many Iranians who regularly went to Dubai for a short break, Abolfaz is angry.
"The United Arab Emirates prefer their new Israeli friends to the Iranians, only Iranian businessmen are now allowed to go to Dubai, not tourists"
, regrets this trader from Tehran.
Last August, after a long cohabitation and under the impetus of the Trump administration, the Emirates and Israel normalized their relations, which caused the stampede of more than 100,000 Israelis in Dubai within a few months.
The Federation of the United Arab Emirates became the first Persian Gulf state to take the plunge.
It was followed in the wake by the small archipelago of Bahrain, populated by a majority of Shiites, also the majority faith in Iran.
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"These normalization agreements have changed the situation and the Iranians are aware of it,"
a European diplomat recently confided from Tehran.
The Islamic republic feels surrounded by the allies of Israel,
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