TEHRAN, Iran Irans Foreign Ministry strongly condemned an historic deal establishing full diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, calling it a stab in the back to all Muslims, state TV reported Friday.
Iran, in the ministry statement, called the normalizing of ties between the two countries a dangerous, shameful” measure and warned the UAE against Israel interfering in the political equations” of the Persian Gulf region.
The UAE government and other accompanying governments must accept responsibility for all the consequences of this action, the statement said.
In a deal brokered by the U.S., the UAE and Israel announced Thursday they agreed to establish full diplomatic ties and Israel will halt plans for annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state.
The announcement makes the UAE the first Gulf Arab state to do so and only the third Arab nation to have active diplomatic ties to Israel.
Iran said in the state TV report the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and the UAE revealed the strategic stupidity” of the two countries and said it will undoubtedly strengthen the axis of resistance in the region.
The ministry statement called the deal a dagger that was unjustly struck by the UAE in the backs of the Palestinian people and all Muslims.
The historic deal delivered a key foreign policy victory for U.S. President Donald Trump as he seeks re-election and reflected a changing Middle East in which shared concerns about archenemy Iran have largely overtaken traditional Arab support for the Palestinians.
A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the deal amounts to treason, and should be reversed
Hossein Amirabdollahian, advisor to Irans Parliament speaker, criticized the deal on his Twitter account on Friday.
UAEs new approach for normalizing ties w/fake, criminal #Israel doesnt maintain peace & security, but serves ongoing Zionists crimes,” he said.
Irans former chief of the powerful Revolutionary Guard, Mohsen Rezaei, said in a tweet the UAE has been making itself the paradise of Israel” for the last 10 years.
No Muslim zealous warriors and no Arabs betray Palestine, only nerveless stabs from behind, he said.
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