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Middle East Eye • May 21, 2026 09:47

UAE official slams Iran's Hormuz control plan as 'pipe dream'

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UAE official slams Iran's Hormuz control plan as 'pipe dream'




A top UAE official denounced Iran's claim of control over Emirati waters in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz as a "pipe dream" Thursday, following an announcement by an Iranian body overseeing the strait.

"The regime is trying to establish a new reality born from a clear military defeat, but attempts to control the Strait of Hormuz or infringe on the UAE's maritime sovereignty are nothing but pipe dreams," said the United Arab Emirates' presidential advisor Anwar Gargash in a post on X.


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