Iran strikes kill three, injure 58 in UAE as Gulf tensions escalate

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Iran’s retaliatory missile and drone campaign in the Gulf has killed three people and wounded 58 in the United Arab Emirates since it began, Emirati authorities said on Sunday.

AFP correspondents heard repeated, powerful blasts in Dubai, Doha, and Manama, with explosions also in Riyadh, as Iran pressed a second day of counter-strikes following US and Israeli attacks that killed its supreme leader and other top officials.

Iran’s continued and unprecedented Gulf bombardment has raised fears of a wider conflict and rattled a region long seen as a haven of peace and security in the turbulent Middle East.

The three people killed in the UAE attacks were Pakistani, Nepalese and Bangladeshi nationals, Abu Dhabi’s defence ministry said. Punch