Iranian MPs ask gov't. to revise ties with UAE

The Iranian legislators in a written notification to President Hassan Rouhani called on the government to review all-out relations with the UAE in an attempt to change and lower interactions between the two states.

The notification signed by 61 lawmakers was read at the floor at an open session of the Parliament in Tehran on Tuesday.

Members of the Iranian Parliament raised the demand after Abu Dhabi's support for the Monday remarks against Iran by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

On Monday morning, Pompeo gave a speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington: "After the Deal: A New Iran Strategy." Over 26 minutes, Pompeo articulated a strategy that can best be summarized as, "Do everything we say, or we will crush you", days after the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal.

US President Donald Trump announced on May 8 that the US would no longer remain part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and promised to re-impose the highest level of economic sanctions against Iran in response to Tehran's development of its nuclear program.

EA