UAE tycoon rules out Abu Dhabi joining Iran war in scathing attack on US

UAE tycoon rules out Abu Dhabi joining Iran war in scathing attack on US Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 03/09/2026 - 14:25 Khalaf al-Habtoor says that while Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham may 'risk their country for Israel's interests', the Emiratis would not do the same Khalaf Ahmed al-Habtoor, chairman of the United Arab Emirates' al-Habtoor Group, gestures during a press conference at Beirut airport on 20 March 2007 (AFP/Haitham Mussawi) Off In a scathing statement on X, Khalaf al-Habtoor, a prominent Emirati billionaire, has ruled out the UAE getting involved in the war on Iran , and accused the US of putting Israel ’s interests over its own. Habtoor noted that US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham had in recent days called on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to join the US and Israel in its war on Iran. “I say to him clearly: We know full well why we are under attack, and we also know who dragged the entire region into this dangerous escalation without consulting those he calls his ‘allies’ in the region,” he wrote.