VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-19
“The UAE and China are Iran's two economic bloodlines. If UAE is serious about its economic embargo against Iran, then it'll close the one the U.S. Navy couldn't touch,”
Miad Maleki · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Maleki described the UAE as one of Iran's two key economic lifelines alongside China.
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