{"id":20809,"date":"2026-05-05T05:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20809"},"modified":"2026-05-05T05:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:30:10","slug":"europe-canada-condemn-irans-missile-strikes-on-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/05\/05\/europe-canada-condemn-irans-missile-strikes-on-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe, Canada condemn Iran\u2019s missile strikes on UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Senior officials from the European Union and leaders of Germany, France, and Canada, in separate statements early today strongly condemned Iran\u2019s reported missile and drone attacks on the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reactions came after the UAE\u2019s defense ministry said it had intercepted incoming Iranian projectiles targeting its territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, described the strikes as \u201cunacceptable\u201d and a \u201cclear violation\u201d of sovereignty and international law, warning that instability in the region has direct consequences for Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emmanuel Macron, President of France, called the attacks \u201cunjustified and unacceptable,\u201d affirming that France will continue supporting its allies in the UAE and the wider region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, praised the UAE\u2019s defensive efforts and reiterated calls for de-escalation and a diplomatic resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Friedrich Merz, Germany\u2019s chancellor, said Berlin \u201cstrongly condemns\u201d the attacks and stands in solidarity with the people of the UAE and regional partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International media reported that the strikes caused a fire at an oil and industrial site in Fujairah, while a state of emergency was declared in Dubai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Senior officials from the European Union and leaders of Germany, France, and Canada, in separate statements early today strongly condemned Iran\u2019s reported missile and drone attacks on the United Arab Emirates. The reactions came after the UAE\u2019s defense ministry said it had intercepted incoming Iranian projectiles targeting its territory. Ursula von der Leyen, President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20811,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20809\/revisions\/20811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}