Loud Explosions Rock Dubai And Doha As Iran Intensifies Missile And Drone Retaliation

The Iran US Israel conflict spreads from Tehran to Gulf cities, with drone and missile strikes on oil infrastructure, airspace closures, and heightened regional diplomacy and warnings from the UN and other actors.

Loud blasts echoed across Dubai and Doha as Iran continued drone and missile attacks on Middle Eastern countries hosting US forces, extending a four-day war involving the US, Israel and Iran. Residents in the Qatari capital reported explosions, while two people in Abu Dhabi also described hearing detonations as projectiles crossed the Gulf region’s skies.

Drones and missiles struck oil infrastructure and US embassies in several Gulf locations, according to regional reports, as the Islamic republic answered earlier strikes on Iranian territory. At the same time, Israeli forces advanced further inside Lebanon to confront Hezbollah, which is backed by Tehran and has joined the conflict on Israel’s northern front.

Iran US Israel conflict spreads across Gulf cities

Israel announced a “large-scale wave” of strikes on Tehran on Tuesday, with local outlets broadcasting images of smoke rising over the city centre, which holds many government offices. The same reports said one of Tehran’s two airports was hit, as US and Israeli forces broadened attacks that had already struck targets in and around the capital.

The US and Israeli attacks on Iran which began on Saturday, followed by Iranian counterattacks on Gulf states and Israel, have prompted several countries to shut their airspace. The Iranian strikes came hours after US and Israeli strikes hit targets across Tehran on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump warned it was "too late" for Iran to seek talks to escape a war now in its fourth day.

"Their air defence, air force, navy, and leadership is gone. They want to talk. I said: 'Too late!'," Trump posted on social media, two days after he said he was open to talks and four days after US and Israeli strikes killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran's ambassador to the UN in Geneva denied that his country had approached the US for talks.

Iran US Israel conflict triggers diplomatic and UN warnings

According to Iranian media, US and Israeli strikes targeted a building on Tuesday in Qom belonging to the committee that is to elect a new supreme leader. The Tasnim news agency reported that strikes had already targeted the body's main headquarters in Tehran the day before, suggesting a focus on institutions handling Iran’s succession process.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said the UN Security Council "has a duty" to act to stop the war, even as its military has remained publicly defiant in the face of the campaign. A spokesman for the Revolutionary Guards warned "the gates of hell will open more and more" upon the US and Israel, signalling the threat of further escalation.

A Guards general, Ebrahim Jabbari, said that if Iran's foes "hit our main centres, we will hit all economic centres in the region". The statement indicated that future targets could include a broad range of financial and industrial sites across neighbouring states if strikes on key Iranian locations continue.

With exchanges now stretching from Tehran to Lebanon and the Gulf, and airspace closures disrupting routes above several countries, the confrontation among Iran, the US and Israel has widened into a regional security crisis. Explosions in major hubs such as Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi highlight the growing risk to civilians, trade and vital energy facilities.