Iran’s military says it carries out drone attacks on the United Arab Emirates’ Al Minhad Air Base early Monday. Iranian state media report that the strikes target locations at the base linked to US forces, including helicopters.
Iran’s Army Public Relations Department frames the attack as retaliation for an earlier US operation on Larak Island, where IRGC members and Iranian civilians are reported killed or wounded. The outlets broadly agree on this stated motive and link the Al Minhad attack to the escalation following the Larak Island strikes.
While all accounts cite Iranian state television and/or state media for the claim, they differ slightly in emphasis. Some reports highlight the response to the reported killings and injuries of IRGC personnel and civilians, while others focus more directly on the operational targets at Al Minhad and the presence of US equipment. No independent confirmation of either the drone strike details or the casualty claims is included in the provided summaries.
