Dubai police chief warns of Iran threat

DUBAI: Dubai police chief explicitly warned Iran with military action if the latter attacks targets in the Arab Emirates through clandestine terror squads.

Speaking on Sunday to the al-Arabiya network, the chief of Dubai's police force Dhahi Khalfan Tamim said that the UAE had solid information indicating that Iranian teams have infiltrate into the emirates, saying that "the Gulf won't sit still in the face of Iranian threats.

Adding that he had conveyed the same message to Iranian leaders, Khalfan Tamim said that if Iran "operated squads to damage security, well, we well eventually operate squads in its territory, since we won't allow anyone to harm us while we sit idly by."

The UAE security official's comments represent unprecedentedly aggressive remarks in the history of bilateral relations between the emirates and Iran, coming amid increased tensions between Tehran and Dubai over the control of a group of islands in the Persian Gulf.

Further on in his interview to al-Arabiya, Khalfan Tamim make another unusual remark for a official concerning the ongoing unrest in Syria, saying that he feared that the Muslim Brotherhood will take over the country, and adding that the group's leaders were sitting in hotels in Turkey waiting to replace Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.

He warned top Muslim Brotherhood leaders against trying to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, adding that the "Gulf's security represents a red line. Any incident or issue in any of the Gulf states will lead those states to work side by side." (Monitoring Desk)