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(Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has made a “huge mistake” in reaching a deal toward normalising ties with Israel, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech furiously condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state.
FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
The Iranian hardline daily Kayhan, whose editor-in-chief is appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said “the
UAE has turned itself into a legitimate target for the resistance”, according to its website.
On Nov. 27, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a leading Iranian nuclear scientist and head of the defense ministry’s research and innovation organization, was assassinated near Tehran, the Iranian capital. Although no group or individual has claimed responsibility, Iran has suggested Israel played a role and accused the United States of involvement.
Angry Iranian protesters took to the streets, stomping American and Israeli flags. Commanders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps have vowed to retaliate. Israel immediately put its embassies around the world and its troops on high alert, as the crisis-ridden Middle East has again been thrown into a dangerous situation.
The assassination came at an extremely sensitive time. In the U.S., election results have settled and the new president-elect, Joe Biden of the Democratic Party, will enter the White House on Jan. 20 next year. It is widely expected in international public opinion that the new administration will return to the Obama administra
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