Iran appoints first ambassador to UAE in 8 years as Gulf thaw continues

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : In August, the UAE appointed Saif Mohammed Al Zaabi as its ambassador to Iran and then reopened its embassy in Tehran, reported the UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
63% : DUBAI -- Iran has appointed Reza Ameri as its first ambassador to the United Arab Emirates after eight years of political strife, Iranian state news outlets reported Tuesday.
54% : Last month, Iran and the UAE agreed to work together more on aviation matters, according to IRNA.
54% : The UAE also implemented its comprehensive economic partnership agreement with Israel on April 1, removing or reducing tariffs on more than 96% of products, affecting 99% of the current value of traded goods between the two countries, according to the Emirates News Agency WAM.
52% : Iran's top security official, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani, held high-level talks in the UAE on March 16, days after Tehran and Riyadh reached a China-mediated deal to establish relations and reopen their embassies within two months and after years of political standoff.
50% :Iran exported more than $2.2 billion worth of non-oil products to the UAE from March to July of 2022, Tehran Times reported at the time.
47% : The UAE downgraded its ties with Iran in January of 2016, following Saudi Arabia.
40% : Riyadh severed ties with the country after protesters stormed the Saudi Embassy in Tehran following Saudi's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric.
32% : Relations soured further between Abu Dhabi and Tehran wtih a series of suspected Iranian drone attacks on tankers off the UAE coast in 2019.

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