Published 18:01 IST, September 1st 2020

Iran's Khamenei says UAE-Israel deal 'betrayal' of Islamic world

Iran supreme leader Khamenei said UAE’s “stigma will always be remembered,” adding, the betrayal wouldn’t last long and Emiratis will be disgraced forever.

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Iran’s top authority Supreme Leer Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement on August 31, that UAE-Israel deal was ‘betrayal’ of Islamic World and Palestinians. Condemning US-brokered agreement that rmalizes UAE’s ties with Israel, Khamenei said that UAE’s “stigma will always be remembered,” ding, betrayal wouldn’t last long. Emiratis will be disgraced forever for complying with a Zionist regime, Khamenei said. UAE will be disgraced forever, he warned, asking confederation to compensate for ir actions. 

In a press conference earlier, Iran’s supreme leer h called Israel a “cancerous tumour” that “will undoubtedly be uprooted and destroyed”. Furring threats against its Middle Eastern archenemy, Iranian leer rebuked Israeli regime in a 30-minute speech, voicing support for Palestinians and accusing US and West of equipping Israel with “military and atomic weapons.” In his recent threats, renewing his bitter verbal attacks on Israel and accusing UAE of mending relations with Iran’s longtime foe, Khamenei said that he hopes UAE “wakes up”, and warned UAE-Israel-US delegation t to “cozy up” when risks of conflagration in region loomed largely. 

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'Evil American Jewish member' of Trump family

Furr, in his speech full of angst, Khamenei called US President Donald Trump’s senior viser Jared Kushner who boarded El Al 971 commercial passenger plane that entered Saudi’s air for first time as “evil American Jewish member of Trump family”. reer furr accused delegates of working “against Islamic world”. UAE Foreign Ministry official Jamal Al-Musharakh in response to Iran’s statement on UAE-Israel deal said, that path for peace and prosperity wasn’t paved with incitement and hate speech, according to state media reports. 

Earlier, on August 31, White House visor Jared Kushner boarded flight 971 of Israel's national carrier El Al along with high-level Israeli and US delegations that took off in a historic journey to Abu Dhabi from Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv. In an dress shortly prior to plane’s takeoff, Kushner hailed US-brokered Israel-UAE peace agreement, saying, “While this is a historic flight, we hope that it will start an even more historic journey in Middle East and beyond.” dressing press alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US National Security viser Robert O’Brien a day earlier, President Donald Trump's son-in-law called start of UAE-Israel air travel as “a key step in what is expected to be full rmalization between Israel and UAE.”

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18:01 IST, September 1st 2020