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TEHRAN: Iran’s armed forces warned Gulf countries against assisting the US military on Wednesday, hours after the United Arab Emirates announced it was severing economic ties with Tehran following new attacks on shipping.
Despite a recent lull in hostilities between the United States and Iran, the Strait of Hormuz remains a flashpoint, with attacks on commercial ships continuing.
A framework US-Iran deal aimed at reopening the vital trade corridor collapsed, and although both sides recently said messages were being exchanged, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted talks were off, taunting Iran with a social media post depicting the strait as a “NEW U.S. Territory”.
On Wednesday, Iranian armed forces chief of staff Ali Abdollahi warned “any assistance or facilitation provided to the aggressor US military amounts to participation in the US military operation”.
