The United Arab Emirates made a “huge mistake” by taking steps toward normalization with Israel, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Saturday.
For its part, Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vowed there would be dangerous consequences for the UAE, and that the deal was accelerate Israel’s demise. The IRGC, designated a terrorist organization by the US, called the deal a “shameful” agreement and an “evil action” that was underwritten by the US, and said it would bring a “dangerous future” for the Emirati government.
Rouhani additionally warned the UAE against allowing Israel to have a “foothold in the region,” the Reuters news agency reported.
“[The UAE] better be mindful. They have committed a huge mistake, a treacherous act. We hope they will realize this and abandon this wrong path,” Rouhani said.
Iran has “historically been the protector of its neighbors and ensurer of the security of the Persian Gulf,” Rouhani said, noting the Emirates apparently thought the agreement could help guarantee security.
The Iranian president also suggested the deal was announced to help US President Donald Trump’s reelection chances in November.
In addition to the speech by Rouhani, the IRGC said that the “shameful agreement” between Jerusalem and the UAE would accelerate the process of the “annihilation” of Israel.
“The shameful agreement to normalize relations between the United Arab Emirates and the Zionist regime, which has been designed by the leadership of the terrorist and inhumane regime of the United States, is one of the biggest historical betrayals against the ideals of al-Quds,” the statement read, using the Arabic name for Jerusalem.
“Not only will [it] bear no achievement for the American-Zionist-Saudi triangle, but it will also accelerate the destruction of the murderous Zionist regime,” read the statement, according to the semiofficial Mehr news agency.
The statements came hours after the UN Security Council resoundingly defeated a US resolution that sought to indefinitely extend the UN arms embargo on Iran, which Rouhani said was a “humiliation” for Washington.
The vote in the 15-member council was two in favor, two against and 11 abstentions, leaving it far short of the minimum nine “yes” votes required for adoption. Russia and China strongly opposed the resolution, but didn’t need to use their vetoes. The Trump administration received support from only the Dominican Republic.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said that the United States should “stop shaming itself” at the United Nations.
“The international community, once again and with a clear voice, rejected the US [in a] reckless and futile attempt to undermine the UNSC credibility,” tweeted Mousavi.
“The American_regime should take a listen from its total failures and stop shaming itself at UN, otherwise it will get isolated, even more than now,” he wrote.
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