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By Staff Reporter
- The United Arab Emirates said its air defences intercepted ballistic and cruise missiles fired from Iran, and a fire at an oil facility in Fujairah was reported after a drone attack.
- Iran has yet to issue an official comment but Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Tehran reports that an Iranian military official has told state media that Iran had no plan to attack the UAE.
- Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the Gulf Cooperation Council, France, Germany and the UK have all condemned the suspected Iranian missile and drone attack on the UAE.
- US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran will be “blown off the face of the earth” if any US Navy ships come under fire in the Strait of Hormuz. The threat followed Iranian reports that missiles hit a US naval frigate in the strait, which the US military denied.
- The US military said it sank several Iranian small boats that attempted to interfere with commercial shipping, as US forces attempt to escort vessels through the blockaded waterway, with Danish shipping company Maersk reporting that a US-flagged vehicle carrier transited the strait safely, under US escort.
- Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on social media that “events in Hormuz make clear that there’s no military solution to a political crisis”, adding that “talks are making progress” with Pakistan as a mediator, and that the US and UAE “should be wary of being dragged back into quagmire by ill-wishers”.
