TEHRAN -- The Iranian embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has categorically rejected any role in the alleged killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi, who had gone missing in the Persian Gulf country several days ago.
The diplomatic mission in Abu Dhabi said that it “categorically rejects the allegations of Iran’s involvement in the murder of this individual.”
The body of the 28-year-old Zvi Kogan, an ultra-Orthodox rabbi who went missing in Dubai on Thursday afternoon, was found dead on Sunday.
His corpse was discovered in the Emirati city of Al Ain, which borders Oman, though it was not clear if he had been killed there or elsewhere. It was believed Kogan had last been seen at a Kosher supermarket in Dubai.
But certain Western media outlets and the Zionist regime missed no time to accuse Iran of being behind the murder without any evidence even prior to the launch of an investigation by Emirati authorities.
The UAE’s interior ministry announced in a statement that three suspects of Uzbek national had been arrested on suspicion of involvement in Kogan’s murder. 
The UAE, along with Bahrain, signed normalization pacts with the Zionist regime during an official ceremony hosted by former U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House in September 2020. Palestinians slammed the deals as a treacherous “stab in the back” of their cause against the Israeli occupation.