🔻The United Arab Emirates says it has suspended all financial and commercial transactions with Iran until further notice. Hours before announcing this decision, the UAE Ministry of Defense had said that Tehran fired two ballistic missiles toward the UAE; Iran rejected the accusation. At the same time, the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces said that any assistance from regional countries to the United States means cooperation with the military forces of that country.

Interview with Mehrdad Farhmand, an analyst of Middle East affairs