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The accord also does not address Tehran&#8217;s ballistic missile capacity, a concern for Gulf states, all of which were struck by Iranian missiles and \u200bdrones in the war.<\/div><div>Tehran has \u200bnoted that the Gulf states \u2060made various logistical accommodations for Washington&#8217;s war effort, while hosting U.S. military bases that were central to the conflict.<\/div><div>Among the countries Rubio is visiting are the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. \u200bBoth nations host strategic U.S. military bases, and both were hit by an onslaught of \u200bIranian missiles, resulting \u2060in civilian deaths.<\/div><div>The UAE faces particularly severe economic strains, as the war caused thousands of expatriates at the core of its non-oil economy to flee, provoking questions about the long-term viability of an expanding global financial centre so close to a country that attacked it.<\/div><div>Last \u2060week, Reuters reported \u200bthat Iran set up secretive new cells in Iraq to carry out \u200battacks on Gulf countries, including Kuwait and the UAE. 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