Iran live updates: Iran threatens to mine ‘entire Persian Gulf’
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait all reported fresh Iranian attacks on Monday.
The UAE Defense Ministry said in a post to X that its forces intercepted an unspecified number of Iranian missiles and drones. In Abu Dhabi — one of the country’s seven constituent emirates — the official government media office said one Indian national was injured by “debris falling in the Al Shawamekh area following the successful interception of a ballistic missile.”

People sit along the corniche area in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on March 20, 2026.
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The Saudi Arabian Defense Ministry said its forces intercepted several Iranian drones over the country’s eastern region on Monday. Iran also fired two ballistic missiles toward the Riyadh region, the ministry said, one of which was intercepted and the other of which fell in an uninhabited area.
Bahrain’s Defence Force said in a post to X on Monday morning that it had intercepted another 32 Iranian drones and two ballistic missiles.
In Kuwait, the Defense Ministry said in a post to X in the early hours of Monday that air defenses were responding to “hostile missile and drone attacks.”