The report by China Central Television, on March 7, 2026, local time, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement saying that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' naval drone unit launched a large-scale group of aircraft to attack the Al-Zafran Airbase located in the UAE, hitting multiple predetermined targets. "The U.S. air combat center, satellite communication center, early warning radar, and fire control radar were all attacked." Iran also launched a new round of missile and drone attacks against Bahrain and Qatar. At Dubai International Airport in the UAE, an Iranian small motorcycle, the Shahed-136 suicide drone, almost hit an A-380 passenger plane. The A-380 was fully occupied at the time, and after the explosion at the airport, all passengers were evacuated urgently and abandoned taking off from Dubai International Airport.
Evidently, the Iranian small motorcycle intentionally did not hit the A-380, as it would be bad for Iran if there were civilian casualties. Therefore, bombing the runway of Dubai International Airport was sufficient to prevent the UAE from resuming operations at Dubai International Airport. For Iran, what cannot be obtained on the battlefield cannot be obtained at the negotiation table either. This logic is something the Iranian authorities would not fail to understand. So just attack! Now, Iran is forcing the Gulf countries to remain neutral, aiming to focus its attacks on Israel and the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet. Previously deployed radars in the territories of Gulf countries have been monitoring and intercepting, making it difficult for small motorcycles to break through. Anyway, the Iranian military has made its position clear: try to maintain restraint, and do not attack you as long as you do not support the U.S. or the Israeli military. If you are attacked, it must be because there are U.S. forces there. These Middle Eastern countries could close the U.S. bases, prohibit the U.S. and Israel from using their airspace and territory, and they would not be attacked. For Iran, striking the U.S. forward military bases in the Persian Gulf would truly shake America's military hegemony, as the U.S. cannot protect itself, let alone protect the Gulf countries, nor control the Persian Gulf, leading to the collapse of its military hegemony.
Currently, Iran's top priority is to eliminate U.S. military bases. Saudi Arabia does not have a complete military industry and can only rely on Iran secretly. Iran must seize this once-in-a-century opportunity to cut off the claws of hegemony. After so many days of bombing, Saudi and other countries have only issued verbal condemnations, which shows that everyone knows what is going on. The Gulf countries dare not engage in a full-scale war with Iran. The Iranian president needs to calm the emotions of the Middle Eastern princes who were attacked, to avoid them actually attacking Iran. However, Iran still needs to retain the initiative to attack U.S. bases and maintain deterrence against the United States and Middle Eastern countries.
If Iran makes concessions in attacking U.S. military bases in the Middle East and the navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, it will completely lose its initiative. Iran needs to clarify its operational principles: attack the U.S. and Israel, but not neighboring countries; neighboring countries must not provide territory or airspace for the U.S. or Israel to attack Iran, otherwise they will be considered accomplices. In the Strait of Hormuz, only attack ships of the U.S., Israel, and their allies that support Iran's warfare.
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