Iran's trade with UAE not halted: Iranian foreign minister

TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has dismissed news reports claiming that trade between Iran and the United Arab Emirates has been halted. "(I) dismiss any severance of ties with the UAE, and such a thing has no basis in fact," Salehi told reporters on Wednesday. Elsewhere in his remarks, he commented on the United States’ most recent acts of espionage against the Islamic Republic and said that the issue is being pursued through legal channels.