Before the Iran war, US President Donald Trump’s Gulf Arab allies lobbied hard against strikes, fearing the attacks Tehran is now unleashing on them. The message from the Iran war “has become very clear,” Anwar Gargash, adviser to the UAE president, said last week. As the war progressed, Tehran accused several Gulf Arab states of allowing the US to use their territories to launch attacks onto the Islamic Republic. Iran has responded by launching thousands of projectiles at cities across neighboring Arab states, shattering the stability the region had long. Today, Iran is “public enemy number one” to Gulf Arab states, Abdulla said.

Source: CNN March 26, 2026 05:37 UTC