https://www.eurasiantimes.com/uae-mirage-2000-9-jets-suspected-in-lavan-refinery-strike-after-u-s-iran-ceasefire-reports-claim/An attack on Iran’s Lavan oil refinery on April 8, 2026, tested the fragile two-week ceasefire that came into effect between the US and Iran after about 40 days of intense fighting in West Asia. Iran’s National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company said on April 8 that an oil refinery on Iran’s Lavan Island was targeted in an “enemy attack” around 10 a.m. (0630 GMT), Oil Ministry’s news outlet, Shana, reported.Following the attack, Iran carried out retaliatory strikes on the UAE and Kuwait, Iranian state television announced. “Missile and drone attacks on the Emirates and Kuwait have taken place a few hours after the targeting of Lavan island oil facilities in Iran,” IRIB stated.Notably, both the US and Israel denied their role in the strikes on Iran since the ceasefire was announced. However, following the attack on Lavan, some reports began circulating on social media, claiming that the strike was carried out by a Mirage 2000-9, which is operated by only one country in the world: the UAE.The images attributed to the Mirage 2000-9 were also published on social media, but their veracity could not be independently established. Subsequently, analysts pointed out that the aircraft type was both operationally confirmed as active that morning and was also technically suited for this kind of mission.However, reports citing the UAE Ministry of Defense stated that the Mirage had been deployed to intercept incoming Iranian missiles and drones.Neither the UAE nor official sources in Iran have commented on these allegations at the time of writing this report.
trump and Israel are doing everything to violate the cease fire now
>>1504896So the whole region hates Iran?Makes me feel a little better about the war if UAE is fucking with them too.
Find it hard to believe the UAE commit no aggression themselves at all until after the ceasefire
>>1504900UAE have been bombed by Iran the whole time and didn’t retaliate, makes no sense they’d do so now they aren’t getting bombed and the US aren’t going to join the fight. It’s highly unusual something fishy
>>1504904Meh is it fishy or is the whole region annoyed with Iran's shit?UAE, Kuwait, and even Saudi Arabia are all US allies.
>>1504898You are a broken botYou only know to blame Trump and Israel, that is how you react to every single bit of news
>>1504904>makes no sense they’d do so now they aren’t getting bombed>Bomb Iran>Iran retaliates>US intervenes to defend our partners in the regionIt's literally the exact same shit Israel did. Iran would rather become the entire world's problem to get political pressure on anyone that attacks them to cut shit out instead of fighting a protracted war against a single country. Countries in the region know this. They also know a regional conflict is enough of the problem the US would join in.Any country that wants the US to bomb Iran either as payback for past attacks or to potentially cripple their oil production to help drive up prices/hurt the regime's primary source of income has every incentive in the world to do so unilaterally and drag the US into it.
>>1504947I hope Kuwait gets some missiles inGET EM BOY
>>1504904When should they have responded?
>>1505081My opinion is they should’ve kicked the Americans out of the UAE at the start of the war and declared neutrality. Starting shit now with Iran when the US wants a ceasefire is almost suicidal, the Iranians can probably invade them.To answer your question directly, if they wanted to participate they should’ve started as soon as Iran targeted them. What they’re doing now is like throwing a rock at the kid who just stood up to the bully and made him back off. Makes no sense
>>1505128Assuming this is the UAE and not say, Israel doing a false flag.
>>1505128Iran invading the UAE would probably work out as well as Iraq invading KuwaitIraq and Iran don't have many friends. Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia have a lot of friends
>>1505130Yeah and this>>1505131I can’t think of anyone who wants to join UAE at war with Iran, you must know something I don’t
>>1505128>the Iranians can probably invade them.Countries can't project force like that unless the US lets them, and Iran isn't Russia or China, which means the US doesn't have to let them do jack shit.The US wanting a ceasefire isn't the same thing as the US wanting a ceasefire more than our other interests in the region. If Iran tried to invade the UAE, they would get their shit kicked in. All Iran can do outside their borders is launch mines/missiles/drones.This is of course assuming Trump hasn't gone full lead brain and isn't going to just pack up and leave the middle east because war turned out to be harder than his dumbass thought it was, but the Evangelicals would crucify the Republicans if they left Iran better off and therefore Israel more vulnerable than before the war.I wonder if Iran would split their straight tolls with Trump's fake Palestinian redevelopment organization to get him to back off?
>>1505134The US are surrendering, they are abandoning the Gulf as per Iranian stipulations. These negotiations aren’t really negotiations, Iran have demands and if the US don’t accept them the war will continue and yes the US can deny Iran naval presence in the Gulf (maybe not 100% but I’ll agree with you). Right now as of this moment the US and Iran are observing a ceasefire and if that holds then Iran can decide to invade the UAE, which is why it’s crazy for the UAE to just attack Iran now.If you are arguing that the US would resume a war they don’t want to be in to protect the UAE that’s fine, that’s a position
>>1505140>If you are arguing that the US would resume a war they don’t want to be in to protect the UAE that’s fine, that’s a positionYes, they would.>Right now as of this moment the US and Iran are observing a ceasefire and if that holds then Iran can decide to invade the UAEThat would be considered a ceasefire violation. Also, the ceasefire won't hold anyway as long as Iran controls the straight.
>>1505140Huh? You do know we wrecked Iraq for our ally Kuwait, right? Why wouldn't we go to bat for UAE?Also NTA and didn't read all the previous comments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/1/us-israel-attacks-on-iran-death-toll-and-injuries-live-trackerhttps://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/INTERACTIVE-DEATH-TOLL-tracker-war-US-Israel-and-Iran-attacks-APRIL-10-2026-1775817896.pngHere is an image of all the countries that Iran bombed in the region. UAE was struck multiple times, 12 dead 224 injured
>>1505159Iran attacked every place they could reach from which the US and Israel were launching attacks. They made it clear they were only targeting the UAE because of the presence of hostile enemy forces
>>1505145No. If the UAE are going to start fighting Iran now during the US ceasefire it will only break the ceasefire if the US resumes hostilities with Iran. The US can disown the UAE and Iran can deal with them. >>1505156Iraq didn’t have the capability to attack the troop buildup during the first Iraq war, Iran does have that now which is why we aren’t seeing any major troop buildup from the US in the region, because they’d be bombed by Iran
>>1505145>the ceasefire won't hold anyway as long as Iran controls the straightIranian control of the strait is one of the terms for the US surrender. If the Americans have no intention of agreeing to that then they are wasting time now entering the negotiations
>>1505163>No. If the UAE are going to start fighting Iran now during the US ceasefire it will only break the ceasefire if the US resumes hostilities with Iran. The US can disown the UAE and Iran can deal with them.You're a dumb motherfucker.>>1505164>If the Americans have no intention of agreeing to that then they are wasting time nowYes.
>>1505164>>1505170In fact, not only are both sides wasting their time, both sides are intentionally wasting their time. The Trump administration is flailing trying to come up with anything short of invasion that will let them pry control of the straight from Iran, and Iran is preparing for renewed US bombardment by moving what can be moved and hardening what can be hardened. The negotiations are a play for time from both sides.
>>1505172Look, it's time for all liggerals to shut the fuck up.You're wrong, and you've been wrong.You will be wrong again.So, you need just shut your stupid mouthhole.
>>1505183Sure, Jan. Try to remember this post when this shitshow falls apart.
>>1505170It’s not dumb. If the US want to surrender they will and they’ll abandon their allies that want to go on fighting. The US do want to surrender otherwise they wouldn’t be going into the parlay with Iran, because if they didn’t want to surrender there’s no strategic logic in wasting time now rather than continuing the bombing or starting an invasion, waiting now only helps Iran to better prepare for more bombing or an invasion, so logically the Americans don’t want to continue the war which means they will have to accept the terms and abandon the Gulf which means the US won’t help if the UAE start attacking Iran. If I’m missing something feel free to respond
>>1505172>Trump administration is flailing trying to come up with anything short of invasion that will let them pry control of the straight from IranThere are no reasonable options. They are going to run out of missiles eventually and they don’t want to invade, so they need to negotiate but the Iranians aren’t negotiating because every time they do that the get attacked so they’re just giving take it or leave it demands for the fighting to stop, which is what everyone wants otherwise oil prices and global depression. The US don’t want to fight on because it’s too expensive and they can’t win, and Iran will prefer to stop fighting so they can start rebuilding bridges and schools and synagogues.
