The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to attack its neighbors, still hoping that they will put pressure on the Americans to stop the war. Instead, with every missile and drone Iran launches toward the Gulf Arab states, those countries become more enraged with Iran, and more supportive of the American and Israeli campaigns against the Islamic Republic.
More on the latest Iranian attacks on Qatar, on Abu Dhabi, and now, on Iraq as well, be found here: “Missiles, drones coming from Iran fell on airport in Azerbaijan, source says,” Jerusalem Post, March 5, 2026:
Multiple explosions were heard in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, according to sources on the ground that spoke with Reuters, as Iran began a new wave of retaliatory missile strikes against the Gulf states.
The Qatari Defense Ministry confirmed the attack and said that its air defense systems were working to intercept the threat.
Two days ago, the Qataris shot down two Iranian Su-24 bombers, just minutes before they would have hit two targets in the country — the Al-Udeid Air Base, where 10,000 American servicemen are stationed, and the Ras Laffan LNG refinery. Qatar then launched drones against Iran in retaliation for a series of drone strikes. Details of that Qatar strike — its targets, and the outcome — have not been made public.
“UAE air defenses intercepted Iranian missiles and drones,” Jerusalem Post, March 5, 2026:
The United Arab Emirates reported on Thursday that shrapnel from two drone interceptions fell into the streets of Abu Dhabi.
According to local authorities, six people were injured because of the incident, while no casualties were reported.
Another drone strike was reported in Iraq’s giant Rumaila oilfield, operated by British oil major BP, after two unidentified drones landed inside the field, three Iraqi oil industry sources told Reuters. BP’s foreign staff were evacuated after the incident.
After an RAF plane destroyed an Iranian drone over Jordan, Iran decided to hit back at British interests in the Middle East, and launched a drone strike on the huge Rumaila oilfield in Iraq that is operated by Britain’s largest oil company, British Petroleum (BP).
Countries in the Middle East have told European officials they are concerned about the risk of civil war in Iran as a result of the conflict between Tehran and the United States and Israel, EU foreign chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday.
Which possible civil wars inside Iran worry those unnamed “countries in the Middle East”? First, they worry about a mass uprising of Iranians against the regime, and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ attempts to suppress it. This could lead to millions of Iranians, both opponents and supporters of the current regime, seeking to avoid the fighting by fleeing from Iran to its neighbors. The Gulf Sunni states are not prepared for such a large influx of refugees; that the refugees would be non-Arabs and non-Sunnis would make their presence still more unsettling. Second, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey are worried about the strengthening of the Kurds. The Americans and Israelis are starting to supply the Kurds in Iran with weapons, hoping that a revolt by the Kurdish militia will weaken Tehran’s military. This revolt could spill over to the Kurdish-populated areas of Syria, Iraq, and Turkey, which is why these countries are opposed to the Americans and Israelis helping the Kurds to rise up against the Iranian regime.
When we talk to the countries in the region, they are also worried about civil wars inside … the regime’s leadership and what is going on there,” she said ahead of a video conference with EU foreign ministers and representatives of the Gulf Cooperation Council on the situation in Iran and the broader Middle East.
She also said the EU is “extremely worried” about maritime security in the region and that it is trying to keep routes such as the Strait of Hormuz open.
The Americans, too, are hoping to keep open the Strait of Hormuz. That’s why they sank almost the entire Iranian navy, which can no longer be used to close the Strait of Hormuz. And now the Americans have promised to use their own ships to escort international shipping through the Strait.
On March 5, the Iranians antagonized yet one more of its neighbors, by striking Azerbaijan with four drones, hitting the airport and a school in the Nakhchivan area near the border with Iran.. The Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev has now vowed to “crush” Iran with an “Iron Fist” after the Iranian drones were launched into its territory:.
Iran’s attack on Azerbaijan was pure folly, because not only will that attack ensure that Azerbaijan becomes even more pronounced in its enmity toward Iran, but that attack will also infuriate the very large Azeri minority in Iran, about 30 million people out of a total population of 90 million Iranians.
On March 5, in addition to its attacks, mentioned above, on Doha in, Qatar, on Abu Dhabi in the Emirates, and on the airport in the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan, Iran has shot more drones at civilian structures — including the airport in Manama, Bahrain, for the third time, and now at a brand-new target, the Rumailia oil fields in northern Iraq, where all production has been halted.
Clearly Iran is now flailing about, and is prepared to hit all of its neighbors in the forlorn hope that if it causes enough chaos, including an interruption of oil and natural gas supplies through attacks on refineries and on a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, that will lead the Americans to halt Operation Epic Fury, and to pressure Israel to halt its attacks as well. That will not happen. Now Iran has struck, or has tried to, often several times, civilian infrastructure, including especially airports, in Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, Jordan, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. Who’s next? I’m guessing it will be Somaliland, Israel’s newest friend and therefore, Iran’s newest enemy. Keep it up, Islamic Republic. By the time this is over, aside from pockets of fellow Shia in Pakistan, Yemen, and Lebanon, you won’t have a friend in the world.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
As a result, Qatar has broken off diplomatic relations w/ Iran and given their embassy staff one week to leave. In the meantime, the UAE president has called Iran an enemy
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603076775
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603078117
Note that the islamic republican attacks on its neighbors has been continuing after their president’s apology, which demonstrates that there is no single entity controlling that entire country. The sooner the Iranian attacks all end and the transition team of Reza Pahlavi can take over, the better
James Lincoln says
Those two Iranian Su-24 bombers could have caused a lot of loss of life – and damage.
ploome says
Iran has become the Black Knight from Monty Python….
keeps on fighting
Westman says
The Regime is demonstrating what it really is. Imagine the stupidity of someone who keeps injuring you and simply says, “I’m sorry about doing that. I only wanted to make you take off that hat. Then he kicks you and repeats the whole episode. What a fiend we have in Islam.
Only a cultish air of superiority and belief in Diety’s approbation, above all others, could allow a brain to assume it will be liked for such behavior. That’s the Mullahs in a nutshell – nuts, closeted, and unaware of their actual place in the real world. They exist in a manufactured visage no more valid than lived by the priests of forgotten Greek gods.
It appears that some Sunni societies have modernized their attitudes to be successful in the modern world, yet, Iran’s leaders are much like the terrorists they fund, blinded from reality by ritual, while they live life in old dusty pages and raise the people’s posterior to the heavens 5 times a day.
There is a bright side to this Iranian Regime. With them in charge, there is no real economic competition possible from Iran – 92 million people, only 43rd in economic ranking, beaten by Denmark, population 6 million. Denmark output is 15 times more per citizen than Iran.
Iranians should realize what fundamental Islam is costing them.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I think most Iranians realize that. As per GAMAAN, only 35-45% of Iranians are muslims of any denomination
OLD GUY says
The existing leaders operating in Iran need to be destroyed as well as their close followers and families. No good will come from their survival.