The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has "strongly" condemned the "extremely dangerous and alarming" visit that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made to Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), last Sunday, where he held a meeting with Emirati President Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan.
In this context, Iranian diplomacy has reiterated that it "strongly condemns" a movement that, it warns, could bring "extremely dangerous consequences (...) at a time when the Middle East region is going through one of the most fragile and delicate periods in its history due to the military aggressions of the Zionist regime against Iran and the intensification of occupation and genocide in Islamic lands, particularly in Palestine and Lebanon."
According to the statement released by the department led by Abbas Araqchi, "the presence of a criminal whose hands are stained with the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocent people and who is being prosecuted by international courts is extremely dangerous and alarming," which is why it has called on "all countries in the region" to "remain vigilant to the consequences and repercussions of such a presence, which threatens the peace and collective security of the area."
At the same time, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has emphasized that "regional security is a collective and indivisible issue," insisting that "any measure that facilitates the entry of destabilizing actors into the region will ultimately be detrimental to all countries in the area and will lead to division, as well as an increased intensification of insecurity and instability."
In this regard, Tehran has expressed its confidence that "the governments of the region, aware of their responsibility regarding regional peace and stability, refrain from creating conditions for the destructive presence of the Zionist regime," and has expressed its desire that "they do not allow their territories to become a platform for destabilizing actions against other countries" in the Middle East.
The Iranian reaction occurred after the UAE and Israeli executives confirmed on Monday that Netanyahu traveled to Abu Dhabi on Sunday to meet with Al Nahyan, although neither government has specified whether the trip was linked to the alleged Emirati warning to Israel prior to the attack on October 7, 2023.
Israel, upon officially confirming the displacement, denied the "false news" spread by the U.S. agency AP, which had reported that the purpose of the trip was for Netanyahu to ask the Emirati leader to deny that he had warned the Israeli Prime Minister about the attack by the Gazan militias before it occurred.
That same Monday, sources close to the Israeli head of government indicated to the newspaper 'Haaretz' that Netanyahu requested Al Nahyan to deny the information suggesting that he would have warned him of a possible attack by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) before October 7.
As a conclusion, Netanyahu has filed a defamation lawsuit against several media outlets, including the newspaper 'Haaretz', Channel 12, and the news portal Yedioth Ahronoth, as well as against journalists Shlomi Eldar, Uri Misgav, Nadav Eyal, Barak Ravid, and Attila Somfalvi, whom he holds responsible for the publication of this type of revelations.