The UAE's Ministry of Investment says that despite ongoing regional tension stemming from the US-Iran conflict, no planned foreign direct investment projects in the country have been cancelled this year. Mohammad Abdulrahman Alhawi, Undersecretary at the ministry, said international investors he has spoken with are simply delaying decisions while they wait for the regional picture to become clearer, not abandoning their plans altogether. Official figures show the UAE attracted a record $48.24 billion in foreign direct investment in 2025, ranking ninth globally and first in the Middle East. The government's target is to reach $65 billion a year by 2031, though 2026 inflows are expected to come in fractionally below last year's record. Alongside those investment figures, the UAE's infrastructure project pipeline has surpassed $190 billion, giving the country a 22 percent share of the wider $872 billion pipeline across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey region. The broader pipeline of projects that have not yet been awarded has grown to $1.4 trillion, up 15 percent since January. Mohamed Al Marzooqi, chief executive of HSBC UAE, stressed the importance of large, government-backed infrastructure projects in keeping the country attractive to investors through periods of uncertainty. Analysts say the UAE's handling of the regional crisis so far may end up strengthening, rather than weakening, its standing as a destination for international capital, as investors increasingly view stability and crisis management as part of the investment case itself.