Israel Hayom via JNS
Following the targeted killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in an operation widely attributed to Israel, Amman and Abu Dhabi, both of which have peace treaties with Jerusalem, call for “restraint” to avoid an “escalation of tensions.”
The United Arab Emirates and Jordan on Sunday condemned the assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in an operation for which Tehran has blamed Israel.
“The Emirates condemns the crime of the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. It calls all sides to practice the greatest possible restraint so as to avoid dragging the region to new levels of instability and threats to peace,” the UAE Foreign Ministry said.
Jordan also condemned the killing and called for collective efforts to avoid an escalation in tensions in the Middle East region.
Jordan and the UAE both have peace treaties with Israel. The former was signed in 1994; the latter, as part of the Abraham Accords, was signed in September and was born, among other reasons, out of a shared interest in preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Caption: The site of the assassination and vehicle of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh near Tehran. Nov. 27, 2020.
Credit: Fars News Agency.
