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Tehran warns UAE over ‘offensive remarks’ on Ahvaz attack
TEHRAN, Sept 23, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Iran on Sunday warned the United Arab
Emirates over “offensive remarks” attributed to a UAE “political advisor” on
the weekend’s deadly attack on an Iranian military parade.
The Emirati charge d’affaires was summoned to the foreign ministry over
the advisor’s “blatant support” for Saturday’s attack in the city of Ahvaz
that killed 29 people, said the ministry’s spokesman Bahram Ghasemi.
“The summoning was over offensive remarks of a (UAE) political advisor,”
he said in a statement.
“The charge d’affaires was warned that blatant support of terrorist acts
by those linked to Emirati authorities will have repercussions for the UAE
government,” said Ghasemi.
The ministry did not disclose the advisor’s name or the controversial
comments.
Officials say 29 people were killed in the attack by four gunmen on a
military parade in Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan province bordering Iraq.
Iran blames the attack on an Arab separatist movement supported by a US-
backed Gulf state.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1822 hrs