Modi condemns attacks on UAE that injured three Indians

Pakistan strongly condemned on Tuesday missile and drone attacks on civilian infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed full solidarity with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed in a post on X, saying that, “Pakistan stands firmly with our Emirati brothers and sisters as well as with the Government of the United Arab Emirates at this difficult time.”

He said it was essential that the ceasefire be upheld to allow space for diplomacy, and called for dialogue to achieve lasting peace and stability in the region.

International solidarity with the United Arab Emirates shows Iran is the aggressor in the regional crisis, the UAE presidential advisor said on X.

Anwar Gargash welcomed messages condemning Iran’s attack on the UAE and said the responses reflected a global commitment to a rules-based order that rejects rogue actions and isolates those responsible.

“These positions confirm that Iran is the aggressor, responsible for escalating the crisis in the Gulf, and the source of danger and a threat to its security and stability,” he wrote.

Cyprus condemned on Tuesday missile and drone attacks on the United Arab Emirates, expressing solidarity with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed and the Emirati people.

President Nikos Christodoulides said in a post on X that Cyprus stood with the UAE and regional partners in support of de-escalation, international law, peace and stability.

“The security of the region is inextricably linked with the security of Europe,” he said.

Iran’s parliament speaker said on Tuesday that US actions were endangering shipping and energy transit in the Strait of Hormuz.

“Shipping and energy transit security have been endangered by the United States and its allies through breaching the ceasefire and imposing a blockade,” Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a post on X.

He said a “new equation” was taking shape in the strategic waterway.

“We know well that the continuation of the status quo is unbearable for America, while we have not even started yet,” he said.

The editor-in-chief of Iran’s hardline Kayhan newspaper said on Tuesday that Iran could strike Europe as it had struck Arab countries if European bases were used by the United States.

Hossein Shariatmadari wrote that military bases in European countries made available to Washington “can and must” become what he called legitimate targets for Iranian attacks.

“European governments know we can strike, and strike well,” Shariatmadari wrote.

He said Europe was highly vulnerable to Iranian attacks and had almost no ability to withstand them.