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UAE says hoping for breakthrough yet 'braced for the worst' in Iran-US war

Global Published 1 November 2026, 17:35 · archived 1 Nov 2026

MANAMA: The UAE is hoping for a breakthrough in negotiations between Iran and the United States while being prepared for the worst, a senior official said on Sunday, following threats of a resumption of the Middle East war. “We’re hoping that there is a diplomatic breakthrough,” diplomatic adviser to the Emirati president Anwar Gargash said during a conference in Manama. “It is not the interest of the region to go through another round… But I think we’re also, as we’ve shown before, braced for the worst.” Following a visit to Tehran this week by a Qatari delegation, Iran has dispatched envoys ...

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