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By Kimia Sanati

TEHRAN, Feb 25 (IPS) - Iran and the United Arab Emirates have begun top level talks to boost economic relations despite efforts by the United States to disrupt trade ties and an unresolved territorial dispute over the three strategic islands of Abu Mousa, the Lesser and the Greater Tunb in the Strait of Hormuz.

"The U.S. has tried to hurt the Iranian economy through unilateral sanctions. They consider U.N. sanctions too mild to achieve enough pressure on Iran to halt its nuclear programme. To bring the Iranian economy to its knees they have been encouraging and even putting pressure on all Iran’s trade partners, including the UAE, to stop dealing with Iran. This can and has hurt much more than the U.N. sanctions," an observer in Tehran told IPS.