UAE official says Iranian attacks show failure to de-escalate
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ABU DHABI, July 8 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - A senior United Arab Emirates official criticised Iranian attacks on Gulf states, saying they showed Tehran’s inability to commit to de-escalation after a series of strikes across the region.
“Iran’s attacks on Qatari and Saudi commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and the repeated aggression against our sisterly states, Bahrain and Kuwait, are a clear sign that Tehran remains unable to commit to de-escalation and turning the page of the war,” Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, said in a statement on X.
Iran launched missiles and drones at U.S. military targets in Bahrain and Kuwait earlier on Wednesday in response to the latest wave of U.S. strikes on Iran.
Gargash said Gulf Arab states could not continue to be targeted as Iran moved between escalation and restraint.
The comments came as regional tensions continued to rise around the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Gulf.
