The US State Department on Wednesday (local time) rejected fresh Iranian claims that more than 100 American military personnel were killed in Dubai by Tehran's forces.
A spokesperson for the State Department has further said that no one was killed or injured in Iran's recent strike on a US diplomatic facility in Dubai.
“Any claim that Iran has killed 100 US military or civilian personnel in Dubai is complete disinformation. No one was killed or injured by the strike on the US Consulate in Dubai," the spokesperson said, as per an Iran International report.
This comes just hours after the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on Wednesday that it had targeted 160 US soldiers in the Dubai airstrike, of which it had managed to hit (and kill) 100.
They also warned the US-Israel forces against its continued deployment in the region, which has caused chaos in the wider Middle East, warning of an attack on US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain using attack drones and missiles.
As per the latest update from the Central Command (CENTCOM) of the US military, dated March 2, six service members have been killed in action since the beginning of the conflict between Iran and US-Israel forces.
CENTCOM Update
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 2, 2026
TAMPA, Fla. – As of 4 pm ET, March 2, six U.S. service members have been killed in action. U.S. forces recently recovered the remains of two previously unaccounted for service members from a facility that was struck during Iran's initial attacks in the region.…
The UAE's air defences also continue intercepting Iranian airstrikes in full swing. According to the defence ministry's latest update on Thursday, as many as six ballistic missiles and 125 drones have been intercepted.
UAE air defences intercept 6 ballistic missiles, 125 drones
— وزارة الدفاع |MOD UAE (@modgovae) March 5, 2026
The Ministry of Defence announced today, March 5, 2026, that the UAE air defence systems detected seven ballistic missiles, intercepting and destroying six of them, while one ballistic missile fell inside the country.… pic.twitter.com/UNbzkT3S1n
However, it also noted that three people have died so far amid the attacks, while 94 people have been injured.
This usually takes place either when areas are directly hit—such as the places that may have been hit by the one ballistic missile or six drones that got through the UAE's defences—or are prone to falling debris from missiles/drones that have been shot down.
