Despite the UAE's formal suspension of trade and financial ties with Tehran last month, the markets of old Dubai tell a different story, saffron, cumin, pistachios and almonds from Iran still fill the stalls. Saffron even arrives by air from Mashhad after a brief flight suspension ended. With nearly $30 billion in combined trade in 2024 and a deeply rooted Iranian community of several hundred thousand, informal ties are proving far harder to sever than official policy suggests.
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