Deputy FM: UAE Must Be Held Accountable for Supporting US Onslaught Against Iran

"The US Commerce Department has published a new document: facilitating export control regulations and upgrading the export status of the UAE in return for its support for the military aggression against Iran," Qaribabadi wrote on X on Friday.

The US Commerce Department has announced it would upgrade the UAE's status under US export rules, removing it from two restricted country groups and making it eligible for license-free exports of controlled military items, certain satellites and spacecraft, and dual-use goods used in oil and gas production, desalination and civil nuclear power.

The upgraded status "is warranted in light of the ongoing US-UAE military partnership and the UAE's commitment to preventing the diversion and misuse of sensitive US technology", the department said.

The UAE has been accused of directly supporting the US-Israeli war against Iran.

"This official confession by Washington and the scandalous document of Abu Dhabi carry direct international responsibility and legal consequences. The UAE must be held accountable," the Iranian diplomat added.