Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has slammed the US-brokered agreement between the UAE and Israel, saying that it "a betrayal of the cause of the Palestinian nation".
"This move is incorrect, wrong and totally reprehensible, and it is a betrayal to the cause of the Palestinian nation, to the cause of Muslims, and to the cause of Jerusalem," Rouhani said during a cabinet briefing on Saturday.
Leaders of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are wrong to think that by "attaching themselves to the US and the Zionist regime", they will guarantee their own security and economical growth, he was quoted as saying by the Xinhua news agency.
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) also slammed the historic diplomatic move as "a clear betrayal of the common cause of the Islamic community".
The normalization has been "planned and led by the terroristic and inhumane regime of the US", it added.
The establishment of UAE-Israel diplomatic ties is aimed to "legitimize the Zionist regime, weaken the Palestinian resistance front and put aside the questions of Jerusalem and Palestine".
On August 13, Israel and the UAE reached the "historic agreement" to work towards a "full normalization of relations."
As part of the agreement, Israel will suspend the annexation of Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, while it focuses on expanding ties with other Arab countries with other nations in the Muslim world.
The UAE and Israel will also immediately expand and accelerate cooperation regarding the treatment of and the development of a vaccine for coronavirus.
According to reports, this is the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab country in 25 years.
Palestine has also slammed the peace agreement, saying it was "disgraceful" and a "blow to the Arab Peace Initiative and the decisions of the Arab and Islamic summits, and an aggression against the Palestinian people".
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