Iran seeks compensation from UAE over US strikes on its territory

UAE has international responsibility to provide reparation, including compensation for all material, moral damages

Iran seeks compensation from the United Arab Emirates, accusing it of enabling US attacks against Iranian territory, Iran's UN Ambassador told the UN Secretary General in a letter, according to a Nournews report published on Thursday.

In the letter, Amir Saeid Iravani said the UAE’s decision to allow its territory to be used for the strikes constituted "an internationally wrongful act that entailed state responsibility."

Tehran said the UAE had an international responsibility to provide reparation, including compensation for all material and moral damages incurred.

This letter follows a series of seven complaints submitted by Iravani to Guterres, protesting the illegal use of regional countries’ airspace and territory by the United States and Israel in operations against Iran. He detailed how Jordan, the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, and Kuwait were used to facilitate these attacks, according to state‑linked Press TV.

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Iravani urged these governments “to observe the principle of good neighbourliness and prevent the continued use of their territories against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” emphasising that the exploitation of their soil and airspace in US-Israeli operations is “entirely evident.”

In one letter, he noted that on February 28, US forces launched an attack against Iran “in violation of the fundamental principles and rules of international law,” using the territory of regional states—including Jordan—to carry out the strikes. He added that US fighter jets stationed in these countries conducted aggressive operations against Iran’s southern provinces.