United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash welcomed on Monday the United States’ new policy on Iran, saying it was natural for Tehran to find itself in a crisis given its behavior that has spread chaos in the region.
He wrote on his official Twitter account that united efforts were the right way to show Iran the "futility of its incursions and expansionism".
The region has long suffered from Iranian actions and rhetoric that do not respect sovereignty and internal affairs, he continued.
After the Iran nuclear deal, we witnessed “an unprecedented Iranian incursion in Arab affairs,” he stressed.
“It is time for Iran to realize that its past behavior can no longer be acceptable,” Gargash stated.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo demanded Iran make sweeping changes -- from dropping its nuclear program to pulling out of the Syrian civil war – or face severe economic sanctions as the Trump administration hardened its approach to Tehran.
Weeks after Trump pulled out of an international nuclear deal with Iran, his administration threatened to impose "the strongest sanctions in history," and vowed to "crush" Iranian operatives abroad, setting Washington and Tehran further on a course of confrontation.
The changes would force Iran to effectively reverse the recent spread of its military and political influence through the Middle East to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
"The sting of sanctions will only grow more painful if the regime does not change course from the unacceptable and unproductive path it has chosen for itself and the people of Iran," Pompeo said in his first major speech since becoming secretary of state.