Iran on March 19 officially requested the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to compensate, accusing the country of creating conditions for attacks targeting Iranian territory.
According to Nournews, in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani said that the UAE's permission to use territory to carry out airstrikes constitutes an act of wrongdoing under international law and must be held responsible at the national level. Iran emphasized that the UAE needs to compensate for all material damage and spiritual loss.
The UAE has not yet responded to the accusations. For many years, this Gulf nation has been Iran's second largest trading partner after China and has played an important role in maintaining Tehran's economic activity when facing sanctions.
However, after the US and Israel launched an offensive against Iran at the end of February, the UAE became one of the top retaliation targets. The number of weapons Iran launched into the UAE is said to be more than any other country, even exceeding Israel.
Iran cited the decades-long strategic alliance relationship between the UAE and the US to explain the large-scale attacks. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also accused that some missiles aimed at Kharg Island were launched from UAE territory, but the UAE denied this information.
In the context of escalating conflict, UAE's energy and transport infrastructure is constantly being attacked. The country's daily oil production has decreased by more than half, while the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has forced the state-owned oil and gas corporation ADNOC to stop production on a large scale.
This development shows that tensions between Iran and the UAE are increasing, not only militarily but also spreading to the legal and economic fields, in the context that the Middle East region continues to be heavily affected by the conflict.
