Iran's top diplomat traveled to the United Arab Emirates on Monday to pay his respects after the death of President Khalifa bin Zayed, Iranian state media reported, while Tehran welcomed the appointment of the Gulf state's new ruler.
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The trip by Hossein Amirabdollahian is the highest-level visit by an Iranian official to the Gulf country since Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched a deadly strike on the UAE in January.
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani visited the UAE in November when he said the two countries had agreed to open a new chapter in bilateral relations.
UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who was formally elected president by the country's federal supreme council on Saturday, led a realignment of the Middle East that created a new anti-Iran axis with Israel and fought a rising tide of political Islam in the region.
