Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday, September 1, accused the United Arab Emirates of betraying the Muslim world with its"The UAE betrayed the world of Islam, the Arab nations, the region's countries, and Palestine," Khamenei said in a speech, excerpts of which were broadcast by state television.In the agreement
, only the third such deal it has struck with an Arab country, Israel pledged to suspend annexation of Palestinian lands. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that did not mean Israel was abandoning plans to annex the Jordan Valley and Jewish settlements across the occupied West Bank."The UAE rulers opened the door of the region to the Zionists, and they have ignored and normalized the question of Palestine."that US President Donald Trump announced on August 13.
His remarks came after a US-Israeli delegation landed in Abu Dhabi on Monday, August 31, on the first direct commercial flight from Tel Aviv.The UAE downgraded its relations with Iran in January 2016 amid rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and the Islamic republic. Tehran-Riyadh relations deteriorated further last year following a series of attacks on tankers in sensitive Gulf waters, which Washington blamed on Iran.Saudi Arabia and Iran, the region's two leading powers, take opposing sides in the conflicts in Syria and Yemen. –
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