14.03.2026 21:30
Tensions between the US and Iran have escalated as the Washington administration targeted the Hark Island and Abu Musa Island, from which Iran exports 90% of its oil. While it was reported that there were no casualties in the attack, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi stated that the attack originated from the territory of the United Arab Emirates. Arakchi implicitly threatened the United Arab Emirates by saying, "It is very dangerous for them to use densely populated areas to launch rockets against us."
The tension between the US and Iran escalated with another attack. The Washington administration targeted the strategic Hark Island and Abu Musa Island, where approximately 90% of Iran's oil exports are carried out. While Iranian officials stated that there were no casualties in the attack, the Tehran administration claimed that the missiles were launched from the territory of the United Arab Emirates.
OIL ACTIVITIES CONTINUE
In a statement made by the Governorate of Bushehr, it was reported that there were no civilian or military casualties in the attack on Hark Island. The statement also expressed that operations at the oil facilities on the island continued normally and that there was no significant damage to the infrastructure.
ARAKCHI: MISSILES WERE FIRED FROM THE UAE
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi made striking remarks regarding the attack. Arakchi stated that the HIMARS rocket system used in the attack was fired from the territories of neighboring countries, using the following expressions:
"Last night, they attacked Hark Island and Abu Musa Island with a short-range rocket system they call HIMARS. And they did this from the territories of our neighbors. It is clear that they are using the territories of our neighbors to attack us with such rockets, and this is absolutely unacceptable."
EMPHASIS ON RAS AL-KHAIMAH AND DUBAI
Arakchi stated that the trace of the attack was being followed and that it was determined that the rockets were launched from the Ras al-Khaimah region, near Dubai. The Iranian minister said, "These attacks were tracked by our forces, and it has now clearly emerged that they were fired from the United Arab Emirates, specifically from Ras al-Khaimah and a location very close to the city of Dubai."
COVERT THREAT TO THE UAE
The Iranian minister emphasized that using densely populated areas for attacks is dangerous and sent a stern message to the United Arab Emirates. Arakchi's words were a threat to his neighbor, the United Arab Emirates: "It is very dangerous to use densely populated areas to launch rockets against us."
DECLARED LEGITIMATE TARGET
Brigadier General Ibrahim Zulfikari, spokesperson for the Hatemul Enbiya Central Headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, also announced that the locations where US soldiers are stationed in the UAE are "legitimate targets" due to the US military's missile attack on Iran from the United Arab Emirates.
Zulfikari stated, "The aggressive US military has targeted a part of Abu Musa Island and Hark Island belonging to Iran with missiles, using the ports, docks, and hiding places in the UAE after the destruction of its military bases in the region."
MESSAGE TO THE UAE ADMINISTRATION
Addressing the UAE administration, Zulfikari stated, "Iran sees targeting the points where US enemy missiles are launched from the ports, docks, and shelters where US soldiers are located in some cities of the UAE as its legitimate right to defend its national sovereignty and territory."
Zulfikari also called on the people of the UAE, saying, "We ask the Muslim people living in the UAE and the residential centers to evacuate the ports, docks, and the points where US soldiers are hiding to avoid harm."