In a move that carries the weight of history, the United Arab Emirates has severed all trade and financial ties with Iran, accusing Tehran of launching ballistic missiles into its waters at a moment when diplomacy has already run dry. Iran denies the charge, framing it as a manufactured provocation, but the consequences of the embargo may transcend the disputed facts: Dubai has long served as the quiet artery through which Iran breathes economically, supplying a third of its imports and offering a discreet passage around the walls of international sanctions. What unfolds now — whether isolatio