Abraham Accords Viewing Iran's Getting Even

 Nadene Goldfoot                                       

The Abraham Accords include:  United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and Kazakhstan and USA.

           Kazakhstan in north eastern in olive green.  Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country and former Soviet republic, extends from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Altai Mountains at its eastern border with China and Russia.

Abraham Accord nations largely maintain their normalized ties with Israel while heavily balancing their diplomatic and security calculus regarding regional tensions involving Iran. Kazakhstan joined the Abraham Accords in November 2025 as a strategic, pragmatic move to court favor with Washington, attract American economic investment, and advance its multi-vector foreign policy.  

Building US Ties: Astana wants active relationships with Western nations to balance heavy influences from neighboring Russia and China.  Joining the Abraham Accords helps draw economic interest and trade deals from US government agencies and private sectors.   The partnership aligns with US interests in securing rare earth minerals and trade routes in Central Asia.

Total Volume: Out of roughly 4,000 to over 6,700 total Iranian drone and missile barrages during peak phases of the conflict, a significant majority landed across the Persian Gulf and neighboring regions. This acts as punishment for being connected to Israel and the USA with the Abraham Accords.  

Current Dynamics with Israel  

Bodies of civilians murdered at the Nova Party

Dozens of body bags of Israeli youth massacred by Hamas terrorist during the Nova festival

Ties Remain Intact: Despite regional conflicts and widespread devastation in Gaza following the October 2023 outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, core 14-billion-dollar-plus trade and diplomatic frameworks established by the Abraham Accords (signed by the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, alongside Morocco and Sudan) have not been officially broken or withdrawn from.

Bahrain is so small alongside UAE.   Situated near the western shore of the Persian Gulf, the country comprises a small archipelago of 33 natural islands and an additional 50 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which makes up around 80 percent of the country's landmass. Bahrain is situated between Qatar and the northeastern coast of Saudi Arabia,    



Saudi Arabia is holding back from the Abraham Accords primarily because it refuses to normalize ties with Israel without a clear and credible pathway to a Palestinian state. October 7, 2023 should explain how Hamas has burned their bridges to that goal for sure with Israel for about the next 100 years, I believe;  my opinion here.  Hamas's goal, which is that of Iran, is to destroy Israel.  Even I, a little old lady, sees this, so all the countries should shape up about it.  
 During the 2026 Iran war, Iran launched thousands of individual missile and drone strikes targeting multiple countries, including Abraham Accords signatory states like the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.   
Security & Economic Cooperation: The UAE and other signatories continue quiet or structured intelligence and security coordination with Israel, though public profiles of these partnerships fluctuate depending on local political pressures.   United Arab Emirates (UAE): Received the largest share of Iranian strikes—accounting for roughly 44% of the total volume (thousands of individual incoming drones and missiles aimed at infrastructure, airports, and commercial hubs)Bahrain: Targeted in approximately 9% of the strikes, which caused heavy structural damage to facilities including the Naval Support Activity (NSA) base and local energy/industrial sites.
Expansion Efforts: Broader regional expansion remains stalled or complicated; prospective mega-deals—such as formal normalization with Saudi Arabia—stay on hold or tied to demands for a credible pathway to Palestinian statehood.
Current Posture Toward Iran
Balancing and De-escalation: While the original architecture of the Accords was partly built around a shared regional containment strategy against Iran, Gulf states like the UAE simultaneously pursue independent diplomatic de-escalation channels with Tehran to protect their own economic and national security.
The "Iran Deal" Intersections: Recent U.S. and regional pushes have attempted to tie potential regional ceasefires, containment strategies, or broader normalization frameworks (including proposals floated for other regional actors) directly into broader accommodations or friction points involving Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Reports from the Christian Science Monitor show that the administration maintains a hardline military and economic stance to prevent Iran from obtaining a weapon.
Resource:
AI Review
Al Jazeera
The Washington Institute