BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 19. The UAE has
suspended all trade, commercial and financial operations with Iran
amid a missile attack launched from Tehran.
This was stated in a post by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs
on X.
“Amid the regional escalation that poses a threat to
international security and peace in the region, all trade and
commercial operations, as well as financial transactions with Iran,
are suspended until further notice,” the ministry said in a
statement published on its X page.
Meanwhile, the latest escalation in U.S.-Iranian relations began
on July 8. On that day, for the first time since the signing of the
memorandum between Washington and Tehran, the U.S. military carried
out several waves of strikes on Iranian territory, claiming that
this was in response to an attack on a merchant ship in the Strait
of Hormuz. On the same day, U.S. President Donald Trump announced
the end of the ceasefire with Iran. In response, Tehran began
attacking U.S. facilities in Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, the
UAE, and Oman. The Iranian side currently states that the Strait of
Hormuz has been closed.
