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drone attacks from Iran** this morning, further straining the tenuous ceasefire. Iranian state media blamed the UAE for reported strikes in southern Iran yesterday. The semi-official Tasnim news
strike on Iran’s Lazan Island just before the 7 April ceasefire was announced, [the Wall Street Journal reported](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-a-e-has-been-secretly-carrying-out-attacks-on-iran-f1745a0d). The news is likely to make the UAE an even clearer target
UAE official, dismissed the report as “fake news”, asserting, “When we do something, we have the courage to announce it.” Tehran blamed the US-Israel coalition, and the IRGC said it launched “precision-guided solid
drones, Iran’s Tasnim and Fars news agencies reported. - **Iran accustomed to harsher sanctions:** Analysts say Tehran entered the blockade prepared, with oil stockpiled at sea, high prices cushioning the impact, and a large domestic
news outlet Al Mayadeen cited a senior Iranian official as saying that the administration of the Hormuz Strait remains fully in Tehran’s hands. “Our message to the Iranian aggressors: Move forward and you will
news agency. Safadi reiterated Jordan’s “absolute solidarity” with the UAE “in confronting these attacks”. He described the strikes as “a dangerous escalation and a threat to the UAE’s security, stability, territorial integrity
news agency. Araghchi also criticised Abu Dhabi for not condemning an attack on a school in Minab city on the first day of the conflict, in which Iran says about 170 students were killed. Iran
news conference on Tuesday that Sudan’s government, which has [recalled its ambassador](/video/newsfeed/2026/5/5/sudan-recalls-ethiopia-ambassador-after-strikes-on-khartoum) from Ethiopia, had obtained evidence of four drone attacks since March 1 originating from neighbouring Ethiopia’s Bahir Dar airport
news conference that a BRICS member had blocked parts of India’s statement. Iran repeatedly targeted its Gulf neighbour following the outbreak of the war on February 28, reportedly striking the UAE more than
strikes on 28 February. It has warned - and in some instances attacked - vessels trying to cross the strait. The US has a significant military presence across the Gulf, with bases in Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait
News Agency also reported on Thursday that there was an agreement to allow some Chinese ships to pass. Moreover, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported that about 30 vessels had transited through the strait since
UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority said air defence systems were responding to a missile and drone threat, and urged residents to remain in safe locations and follow official updates
UAE and Qatar to offer counter-drone expertise, signing 10-year defence agreements with all three countries. He later confirmed that Ukrainian forces took part in active operations using domestically produced interceptor drones, shooting down
UAE’s President Anwar Gargash said: “No unilateral Iranian arrangements can be trusted or relied upon, following its treacherous aggression against all its neighbours.” Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa also condemned what
UAE said reports of a Netanyahu visit or the presence of an Israeli military delegation were “baseless”, stressing that its ties with Israel under the Abraham Accords are public and “not based on secrecy
News Agency (ISNA). Responding to the Axios report, Ebrahim Rezaei, the spokesperson of the Iranian Parliament's national security and foreign policy commission, wrote on X: "The Americans will not gain anything
strikes on the UAE and then an expression of regret.” Markets were unconvinced by the move from Trump, with oil hovering about $115 a barrel. The Taco trade (“[Trump always chickens out](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/trump-always-chickens-out-taco-investors-narrative)
drone sparked a fire at a key oil facility, wounding three Indian nationals. The British military reported two cargo vessels ablaze off the UAE. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condemned the attacks, saying
strikes](/news/2026/4/7/iran-warns-region-and-beyond-as-tension-builds-ahead-of-us-ultimatum) against ports, naval facilities, airports, and railway networks across the country. Iran’s top steel and petrochemical producers were also extensively bombed, as were oil and gas facilities, power stations, and major industrial
news agency has calculated, adding that five sources backed that assessment. Sweden’s military intelligence chief Thomas Nilsson told the Financial Times that Russia would need oil to remain above $100 a barrel