The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns the aggressive Iranian attacks that targeted two national tankers in the Strait of Hormuz

The United Arab Emirates has expressed its strong condemnation and outrage over the aggressive Iranian attacks that targeted the two national oil tankers, “Mombasa” and “Bahia,” after they were struck by two cruise missiles while transiting through the southern passage of the Strait of Hormuz within Omani territorial waters.

In a statement relayed by the official news agency, WAM, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that this aggressive Iranian attack resulted in the death of one Indian national and injured eight others, including four with serious injuries: six Indians and two Ukrainians. The ministry extended its sincere condolences and sympathies to the victim’s family, as well as to the friendly Republic of India and its people, and wished the injured a speedy recovery.

The ministry emphasized that this aggressive Iranian attack constitutes a blatant violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2817, which underscores freedom of navigation and rejects the targeting of commercial vessels or the disruption of international maritime routes. It stressed that targeting commercial shipping and using the Strait of Hormuz as a tool for economic pressure or blackmail amounts to acts of piracy, posing a direct threat to regional stability, the well-being of its peoples, and global energy security.

The UAE further stressed in its statement the necessity for Iran to halt these aggressive attacks, thereby ensuring its full commitment to ceasing all hostile acts and fully and unconditionally reopening the strait, in order to safeguard regional security and stability, as well as global economic and trade interests.