United Arab Emirates air defenses are actively engaging Iranian missiles and drones, the UAE Defense Ministry said on Tuesday in an X/Twitter post.
The post noted that the incident involved several areas of the country and involved both ballistic and cruise missiles.
تتعامل حالياً الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية مع اعتداءات صاروخية وطائرات مسيرة قادمة من ايران وتؤكد وزارة الدفاع أن الاصوات المسموعة في مناطق متفرقة من الدولة هي نتيجة تعامل منظومات الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية للصواريخ الباليستية، والجوالة والطائرات المسيرة.
UAE Air Defences system… pic.twitter.com/CVJeI7MMcA
— وزارة الدفاع |MOD UAE (@modgovae) May 5, 2026
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, with the UAE Foreign Ministry saying the country reserves its “full and legitimate right” to respond.
Shortly afterward, Iranian opposition media reported a huge explosion and a plume of smoke in western Tehran, with an Iranian fire department chief saying a seven-story building had been evacuated.
رئیس آتشنشانی اندیشه: مجتمع تجاری ۷ طبقه ارغوان تخلیه شد؛ افرادی که داخل پاساژ گیر افتاده بودند خارج شدند، محبوسی فعلاً نداریم، نمای کامپوزیت موجب گسترش آتش شده و نیروها در حال مهار آتش هستندhttps://t.co/vT0vBtEBoO https://t.co/AKPAORuokA pic.twitter.com/rSZkw8CBdr
— خبرگزاری ایسنا (@isna_farsi) May 5, 2026
On Monday, three indian citizens were moderately wounded in an Iranian drone attack on the UAE’s Fujairah oil industry complex, Fujairah’s media office said.
Later on Monday, Iranian state television reported, citing a military official, that Iran had no premeditated plan to attack oil facilities in Fujairah.
What happened at the port was a result of the “US military’s adventurism to create passage for illegal ship transit” through the Strait of Hormuz, added the official, according to Iranian state media.
Several Iranian attacks over past day
The UAE Defense Ministry confirmed that it confronted 12 Iranian ballistic missiles, three cruise missiles, and four drones on Monday.
Also on Monday, a South Korean ship sailing near the Strait of Hormuz was attacked, according to the Korean media outlet Chosun Daily, citing a government official.
US President Donald Trump acknowledged the attack later on Monday, urging South Korea to join the American effort in the Strait.
