UAE ambassador to return to Iran, boosting ties after years

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Last week, Kuwait appointed a new ambassador to Tehran for the first time since 2016.
60% : The Emirates' ambassador to Iran, Saif Mohammed Al Zaabi, will return to Tehran in the coming days to "continue pushing bilateral relations forward to achieve the common interests of the two neighbors and the region," the UAE's state-run WAM news agency reported.
58% : The United Arab Emirates plans to reinstate its ambassador to Iran for the first time in six years, the Emirati Foreign Ministry announced Sunday, as the Gulf Arab federation accelerates efforts to improve ties with the nation it has long viewed as a regional threat.
58% : In 2016, the UAE summoned home its ambassador in Tehran.
49% : 'Crazy' journey to pro ball for Muscatine's Snider Muscatine staff member wins iJAG Eastern Iowa Outstanding Specialist award 5 Great Danes attack, kill owner in northwest Iowa Repeat winners headline 45th Watermelon Stampede Grassley bashed for warning of armed IRS agents 'ready to shoot' business owners Muscatine girl advances to semi-finals in Bill Riley State Fair Talent Search Man who hijacked school bus full of children, buried them in van is being released Harrison bond set at $400,000 in sexual abuse trial Muskie volleyball looking for breakthrough in 2022 Black couple sues after they say home valuation rises nearly $300,000 when shown by white colleagueTies between the Gulf Arab sheikhdoms and Iran deteriorated after Iranian crowds stormed two Saudi diplomatic missions in Tehran to protest against the kingdom's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric.
47% : Saudi Arabia has similarly worked to cool tensions with Iran in a series of Baghdad-mediated talks.
44% : Even as the UAE normalized ties last year with Tehran's regional foe, Israel, Emirati officials have escalated efforts to boost trade relations with Iran and reduce the threat from its regional proxies.
42% : Meanwhile Dubai, with its large community of Iranian expats, has long served as a lifeline to the outside world for Tehran as it suffered under international sanctions.
36% : But Abu Dhabi sought to reconsider after Iran was blamed for a series of attacks on oil tankers off the coast of the UAE and on Saudi oil facilities in 2019.

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