Iran says it attacked UAE air base after U.S. strikes on Larak Island
Iran said it targeted the UAE’s Al Minhad Air Base with drones after U.S. strikes on Larak Island, while the UAE gave no immediate comment.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Iran’s army said it attacked the United Arab Emirates’ Al Minhad Air Base with drones early on Monday, Iranian state television reported, as hostilities intensified following U.S. strikes on Iran’s Larak Island. The UAE had not issued an immediate response to the claim.
Iranian account of the attack
Iran’s army said it targeted locations at Al Minhad Air Base where U.S. forces and helicopters were stationed. It said the operation was carried out in response to the killing of members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Iranian civilians on Larak Island.
The reported attack followed an earlier Iranian assault on two U.S. bases in Jordan, also in retaliation for the strikes on Larak, according to Iranian media.
Trump claim over Kharg Island
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran’s energy hub of Kharg Island was “being blown to smithereens” in a one-line social media post accompanied by an AI-generated video clip.
“Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!! President DJT,” Trump wrote, without providing further details.
There was no independent evidence that the island was under attack. The White House and the U.S. Defense Department did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment outside regular business hours, while Iranian media carried no immediate response to Trump’s post.
Reuters determined that the accompanying video, which showed dramatic explosions, was most likely synthetically generated, based on analysis using software designed to detect AI-manipulated imagery.
Strategic importance of Kharg
An attack on Kharg Island, which handled about 90 per cent of Iran’s oil exports before the war began with U.S. and Israeli strikes on February 28, would severely disrupt the country’s energy trade and place further pressure on its economy.
A U.S. official said American forces had attacked two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island, in the first known U.S. military strikes since late July.
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