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• Tehran presses bloc to condemn ‘illegal expansionism’ by US, Israel
• Row comes after Israel-UAE claims over Netanyahu’s wartime visit
DUBAI: Iran’s foreign minister on Thursday accused the United Arab Emirates of direct military involvement in the US-Israeli war on his country, a sharp public rebuke during a multinational summit that exposed a deep rift among the Brics group of nations.
The spat during the meeting of emerging economies in New Delhi marks a rare moment of direct confrontation, with both Iranian and Emirati officials in the same room since the conflict began. The accusation threatens to derail a joint communique from the bloc, which operates by consensus.
