Tehran says had 'no plans to target' UAE as Emiratis report fresh Iranian strikes

AFP , AP , Monday 4 May 2026

Iran had "no plans" to target the United Arab Emirates, Iranian state television said on Monday, after the UAE accused the Islamic republic of fresh attacks.

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Fire at the oil industrial area in Fujairah, UAE. Photo courtesy of Quds news.

 

A senior Iranian military official said "Iran had no plans to target the UAE", state TV reported, after the UAE said it had been targeted by a fresh Iranian barrage on Monday.

The British military also reported two cargo vessels ablaze off the UAE.

The UAE condemned what it called “renewed treacherous Iranian aggression” and called for an immediate halt to the attacks.

"These attacks represent a dangerous escalation and an unacceptable transgression, posing a direct threat to the state's security, stability, and the safety of its territories," the UAE's foreign ministry said in a statement. 

It added that the UAE "reserves its full and legitimate right to respond to these attacks".

A strike targeting an energy installation in the emirate of Fujairah left three people injured, according to the government media office there. 

"Three Indian nationals sustained moderate injuries and have been transferred to the hospital to receive necessary treatment," the Fujairah media office said in a post on social media.

 

 

Four missile alerts were issued Monday urging UAE residents to find shelter — the first such alerts since the ceasefire began nearly a month ago. Commercial planes bound for the UAE — home to the global travel hubs of Dubai and Abu Dhabi — turned around midair.

Meanwhile, two people were injured when a residential building was targeted in Oman's Bukha along the coastline of the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported. 

"A security source reported that a residential building for employees of a company in the Tibat area of Bukha was targeted, resulting in moderate injuries to two expatriates, damage to four vehicles and broken glass in one of the nearby houses," the Oman News Agency said. 

Earlier, the US Navy claimed destroyers passed through Hormuz as part of a new ship escort mission announced by US President Donald Trump over the weekend, it also claimed that two US-flagged merchant vessels had transited through the vital waterway.

Iran's state TV said the Iranian navy fired a cruise missile "warning shot," while the Revolutionary Guards denied that any commercial ships had crossed the Strait.

"No commercial vessels or oil tankers have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past few hours, and the claims of American officials are baseless and completely false," the Guards said in a statement on Telegram.

The commander of Iran's army Amir Hatami meanwhile said on X: "American destroyers, using the trick of turning off the radar, were approaching the Strait of Hormuz, but our response was fire."

"Cruise missiles and combat drones took flight. The security of this region is Iran's red line," he added.

The extent of the attack on Fujairah was unclear, but it is the terminus of a pipeline the UAE has used to avoid shipping some of its oil through the strait and oil prices jumped after the strike. 

Seoul and Taipei hit record highs as Asian traders joined the rally in tech shares, but US equity indices retreated from record finishes last week.

Oil prices climbed, with the benchmark international contract Brent crude for July delivery jumping more than five percent, after a drone strike caused a fire at an energy installation in the emirate of Fujairah, authorities said Monday.

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