Murad Vaisi, a senior analyst at Iran International, said: “Over the past few months, the Islamic Republic has directed a significant portion of its missile, drone, and naval attacks at the United Arab Emirates, and the country has now announced that it is halting all commercial, trading, and financial relations with Iran. The question is whether, for officials of the Islamic Republic, the consequences of such a policy—and the impact of cutting ties with the UAE on the economy and people’s lives in Iran—matters.”