Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Command, says in a statement that the UAE should not “become a nest for Americans and Zionists (Israel) and their military forces and equipment”, Al Jazeera reports.

According to the spokesperson, Iran has been subjected to “unfair media attacks, baseless accusations and propaganda” by the UAE, adding that the Gulf country has become “one of the main bases for the Americans and Zionists, as enemies of the Islamic world and the main cause of insecurity in the region”.