The United Arab Emirates slammed the latest Iranian barrage targeting its country, calling the attacks a “dangerous escalation”.

“These attacks represent a dangerous escalation and an unacceptable transgression, posing a direct threat to the state’s security, stability, and the safety of its territories,” the UAE foreign ministry said.

It added that the UAE “reserves its full and legitimate right to respond to these attacks”.

The UAE’s defence ministry and state news agency said a fresh Iranian barrage had targeted the country following multiple alerts from authorities warning people to take cover.

“Four cruise missiles launched from Iran were detected toward various areas across the country. Three were successfully engaged over the country’s territorial waters, while one fell in the sea,” the defence ministry posted on social media.

State news agency WAM also cited the defence ministry as saying its forces were working to repel missile and drone attacks coming from Iran.

A strike targeting an energy installation in the emirate of Fujairah on Monday left three people injured, according to the government media office there.

“Three Indian nationals sustained moderate injuries and have been transferred to the hospital to receive necessary treatment,” the Fujairah media office said in a post on social media.

Two people were injured when a residential building was targeted in Oman’s Bukha along the coastline of the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported.

“A security source reported that a residential building for employees of a company in the Tibat area of Bukha was targeted, resulting in moderate injuries to two expatriates, damage to four vehicles and broken glass in one of the nearby houses,” the Oman News Agency said.

Iran said it had “no plans” to target the UAE, Iranian state television said.

- AFP