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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended<\/a><\/span> commercial and economic relations with Iran after announcing that Tehran launched two ballistic missiles towards the Gulf state on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The UAE Ministry of Defence stated that air defence systems detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran towards its territory.<\/p>\n

The incident is considered Tehran’s first direct attack targeting the Gulf country since May.<\/p>\n

The event prompted emergency telephone alerts to be sent to residents across the UAE.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Defence stated that assessments indicated the missiles targeted maritime traffic, adding that one missile fell into the sea outside UAE territorial waters and the other landed within territorial waters.<\/p>\n

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs later announced that “in light of regional tensions that undermine regional and international peace and security, all trade, commercial relations, and financial transactions with Iran have been halted until further notice.”<\/p>\n

Iran denied any involvement in the missile attacks. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said the claim “contradicts the principle of good neighbourliness and undermines ongoing efforts to strengthen trust among regional countries.”<\/p>\n

The missile strikes occurred after a period in which the UAE and Tehran had sought to reduce tensions between the two countries.<\/p>\n

The bulk of Tehran’s military retaliation targeted neighbouring Gulf states, which Iran accused of facilitating US-Israeli attacks.<\/p>\n

The UAE bore the heaviest brunt of Iran’s attacks against US allies in the Gulf, sustaining nearly 3,000 missile and drone strikes.<\/p>\n

Exhibiting the most hawkish stance against Tehran among its Gulf neighbours, the UAE responded with dozens of strikes against Iran.<\/p>\n

However, tensions between the UAE and Iran eased following a memorandum of understanding signed between Washington and Tehran in June.<\/p>\n

After the agreement began to unravel in early July, Iran largely redirected its attacks towards Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan.<\/p>\n

In recent months, the UAE reactivated diplomatic and economic channels with Iran while simultaneously strengthening its military ties with Israel and the US.<\/p>\n

Tuesday’s missile strikes threaten to disrupt the atmosphere of normalisation that had returned to the UAE.<\/p>\n

While Dubai’s financial district was once again filling with bankers, certain commercial activities between the emirate and Iranian ports had resumed.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, several Iranian flights to the UAE had quietly resumed.<\/p>\n

UAE authorities had also begun permitting the return of approximately 20,000 Iranians holding UAE residency permits who were outside the country when the war began.<\/p>\n

UAE officials have repeatedly emphasised that the country seeks to avoid being drawn further into a broader regional war.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, efforts to de-escalate tensions between the UAE and Iran have come under increasing strain in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

This month, the UAE accused Iran of attacking vessels belonging to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

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