All US Hideouts In UAE 'Legitimate Targets', Iran Warns After Kharg Island Attack
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that all the United States (US) hindeouts in the gulf nation are the legitimate targets.
The statement comes after the US struck military targets on Kharg Island, which handles around 90% of Iran’s oil exports. Iran has vowed retaliation against US-linked oil facilities in the region.
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After the US targeted Iran’s financial institutions, oil refineries and even public institutions such as school, Iran has vowed that it would target non-military US assets in the region, such as economic centres.
The US has been carrying out attacks across Iranian cities, which killed the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, prompting Iran to shut down the Strait of Hormuz to exert maximum pressure.
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The Iran army is also conducting retaliatory attacks against Israel and the US military bases across the region.