Abu Dhabi, Aug. 8 (Petra) -- The United Arab Emirates strongly condemned and denounced an aggressive Iranian attack targeting a vessel belonging to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) with a missile while passing through the Strait of Hormuz. No casualties were reported.

In a statement issued on Saturday, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the attack as a blatant violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2817, which underscores the freedom of navigation and explicitly rejects targeting commercial ships or disrupting international maritime corridors.

The ministry emphasized that targeting commercial shipping and utilizing the Strait of Hormuz as a tool for economic pressure or blackmail constitutes acts of piracy by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), posing a direct threat to regional stability, its populations, and global energy security.

The UAE stressed the necessity for Iran to halt these aggressive attacks, fully adhere to stopping all hostilities, and unconditionally reopen the strait to ensure regional security and safeguard global trade and the international economy.

//Petra// AF