Countries in the Persian Gulf continue to be the target of continuous attacks and became even more furious when Iran assured that it only targeted North American interests
More than two thousand drones and hundreds of missiles at a daily rate. This is what the United Arab Emirates, home to cities sold as paradise, has been dealing with since the start of the war in the Middle East.
But the country where cities like Abu Dhabi and Dubai are located has had enough, especially because the insecurity has been added to something that the Persian Gulf States did not expect: an economic crisis.
According to the (WSJ), these countries have made a decision: Iran, which was even seen as the leader of the region, must fall as it exists. The regime must be discontinued or, if this is not possible, neutralized.
The UAE, Qatar or Bahrain do not want this insecurity to happen again, especially because they are feeling the impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz on their economy, which, added to the attacks on civil infrastructure, was the final blow to Iran’s loss of popularity among its neighbors.
According to Emirati government accounts, more than 80% of attacks were directed at civilian infrastructure, many of them oil production sites, but also airports, hotels and even data centers, which has already resulted in the death of six civilians and 157 injuries.
And if the six Gulf Cooperation Council states have sought to evade a military response, it appears that the decision has been made at the political level: the Tehran regime must fall.
“This is not a military exchange. This is an attack on a peaceful nation, a nation that has worked diligently and hard for diplomacy,” said UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Sultan al-Jaber, in an interview cited by the WSJ.
For the official, who is also CEO of the oil giant ADNOC, “any political solution must take into account the totality of threats, including Iran’s nuclear program, ballistic missile capabilities and the network of regional proxies”.
In practice, what Sultan al-Jaber is saying is that the UAE wants Iran as it exists today to end.
And if the president of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, still apologized for the attacks on neighboring countries, the fact that the Tehran government claimed that the targets were only US bases and interests in the region left the governments of the Persian Gulf furious.
“Let me be very clear: since the Iranian attacks began in Qatar, the threats and attacks on civilian targets have not stopped,” said advisor to the Qatari prime minister, Majed al Ansari.
“By taking Hormuz hostage, Iran is carrying out a global economic war”, reiterated Sultan al-Jaber, who already anticipates what everyone fears: “It will increase inflation, slow down the economy and affect everyone’s lives”.
To prevent a situation like this from re-existing after the end of the war, Iran’s neighbors see no other way: the regime must end.
