Iranian FM threatens UAE, claims Tehran knew of Netanyahu’s visit to Abu Dhabi

By Lazar Berman

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14 May 2026, 1:16 am

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives to attend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 27, 2026. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Threatening the UAE, Iran says it knew of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ostensible visit to Abu Dhabi at the height of the now-suspended US-Israeli campaign against Tehran.

“Netanyahu has now publicly revealed what Iran’s security services long ago conveyed to our leadership,” writes Abbas Araghchi on X, without explaining why Iran didn’t go public weeks ago with the intelligence he claims it had.

“Enmity with the Great People of Iran is a foolish gamble,” continues Araghchi. “Collusion with Israel in doing so: unforgivable.”

“Those colluding with Israel to sow division will be held to account.”