Iranian FM threatens UAE, claims Tehran knew of Netanyahu’s visit to Abu Dhabi |
The Times of Israel liveblogged Thursday’s events as they unfolded.
Iranian FM threatens UAE, claims Tehran knew of Netanyahu’s visit to Abu Dhabi
Threatening the UAE, Iran says it knew of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ostensible visit to Abu Dhabi at the height of the now-suspended US-Israeli campaign against Tehran.
“Netanyahu has now publicly revealed what Iran’s security services long ago conveyed to our leadership,” writes Abbas Araghchi on X, without explaining why Iran didn’t go public weeks ago with the intelligence he claims it had.
“Enmity with the Great People of Iran is a foolish gamble,” continues Araghchi. “Collusion with Israel in doing so: unforgivable.”
“Those colluding with Israel to sow division will be held to account.”
Rubio: China has ‘interest to resolve’ Gulf turmoil, needs to do more to change Iran’s behavior
The United States hopes to convince China to play a more active role in trying to persuade Iran to walk away from what it is doing in the Gulf, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says in an interview aired on Fox News.
Rubio makes the comments in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, noting that China has ships in the Gulf, one of which was struck by Iran over the weekend.
“I’m sure Iran didn’t do it deliberately but they did it, it happened,” Rubio says. “And so that’s why these Chinese ships are stuck in there.”
He adds that Iran’s behavior is “a huge source of instability. It threatens to destabilize Asia more than any other part of the world because it’s heavily reliant on the straits for energy.”
Rubio also argues that China has an economic interest in getting shipping to flow through the Strait of Hormuz again, as if other countries are struggling, “they are going to be buying less Chinese product and the Chinese exports are going to drop precipitously.”
“So it’s in their interest to resolve........