Iran warns UAE against deepening ties with 'Israel'

• Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei warns the UAE against deeper cooperation with 'Israel'.
• Tehran says it remains open to friendly relations but signals limits to its patience.

The Iranian Students’ News Agency quoted Mohsen Rezaei, former IRGC commander and secretary of Tehran’s Expediency Council, as saying that Iran has not “closed the door to friendship in dealing with the United Arab Emirates, but they should know that Iran’s patience has limits.”

“We are aware that there are relations and exchanges between the UAE and 'Israel'; the UAE should not become entangled in 'Israel’s' plots and schemes,” Rezaei said.

The UAE was the target of some of Iran’s most intense attacks during the war with 'Israel' and the US, and recent reports suggest it may have carried out retaliatory strikes of its own.