The Iranian Embassy in Abu Dhabi categorically rejected allegations implicating the Islamic Republic of Iran in the murder of a Zionist Rabbi in the United Arab Emirates.

EghtesadOnline: Economic relations between Iran and the UAE, long bound by common interests in trade, has been strained over what some business figures, including the head of Iran Export Confederation Mohammad Lahouti, consider a result of political tensions.

EghtesadOnline: In response to reports regarding the closure of Iranian bank accounts by UAE banks, the director general of International Affairs Department at the Central Bank of Iran has announced that the issue is only confined to the Emirates NBD banking group.