A spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has denied that Iran was behind the latest missile attacks on the UAE.
“Had such an action taken place, we would have announced it with decisiveness and transparency,” the statement read, as reported on state media site ISNA.
“Therefore, the report by that country’s Ministry of Defence is absolutely denied and is devoid of any truth.”
The statement also condemned the UAE for aligning with “Zionists”, “non-believers”, and “polytheists” in Israel and the US.
(Side note – polytheism, or the belief in multiple deities, is a term applied by some parts of the Muslim world to Christians, due to the latter faith’s belief in the Holy Trinity.)
“If we have thus far exercised restraint in the face of your atmosphere-mongering and your assistance to the enemies of the Islamic Ummah and Iran, it has been solely for the sake of security and out of consideration for our Muslim brothers and sisters in that country,” the statement read.
“We warn that if any action is taken from the soil of the UAE against Iranian islands, ports, or the shores of our country, we will deliver a crushing and regretful response.”
