Anwar Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said that EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, who visited Iran recently, failed to understand Iran’s aims and her praise for the commitment shown by its negotiators in nuclear talks appeared misplaced.

Gargash’s criticism follows Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir’s remarks two days ago in which he accused Iran of showing no signs of change in its dealings with regional Arab states.

Al-Jubeir spoke on Monday after talks with Mogherini who was in Saudi Arabia to assuage its concerns over the nuclear deal she helped broker.

Prior to her visit, Mogherini wrote in Britain’s Guardian newspaper that EU foreign ministers had asked her to explore ways in which the bloc could promote a more cooperative regional framework involving Iran following the nuclear agreement between Terhan and world powers.

Most Gulf Arab states are worried that the accord will hasten detente between Tehran and Washington, emboldening what they see as an expansionist Shiite power.

“Cooperation between Iran, its neighbors and the whole international community could open unprecedented possibilities of peace for the region, starting from Syria, Yemen and Iraq,” Mogherini wrote.

The UAE minister said Mogherini had not grasped the divisiveness of Iranian policy and suggested her praise of the Iranian officials with whom she negotiated the deal was misplaced.

“Mogherini’s Guardian op-ed lacks context and understanding of Iran’s regional and aggressive policy and sectarian overtones that have polarized the Middle East” he said in a Twitter post.

“Her task of ‘regional cooperative framework’ must evolve from a clear understanding of Iran’s interventionist and sectarian foreign policy and ensuing polarization.”