{"id":2577293,"date":"2026-03-07T20:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-still-striking-gulf-states-despite-presidents-promise-not-to-report\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T20:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:03:22","slug":"iran-still-striking-gulf-states-despite-presidents-promise-not-to-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-still-striking-gulf-states-despite-presidents-promise-not-to-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran still striking Gulf States despite president\u2019s promise not to: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-still-striking-gulf-states-despite-presidents-promise-not-to-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2577293&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Iranian attacks on Gulf states continued despite a pledge from President Masoud pezeshkian not to strike, according to a report by the Institute for the Study of War. Between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, two Iranian drones hit targets inside the United Arab Emirates, including Dubai International Airport, while Saudi Arabia said it intercepted eight drones and a ballistic missile aimed at its energy and civilian infrastructure. Iran\u2019s leadership suggested the actions are part of self-defense and expressed a desire to work with regional neighbors for lasting peace, even as Pezeshkian and Iranian media blamed Western powers for escalating tensions; President Trump had <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >urged unconditional surrender<\/a>, prompting Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">foreign minister<\/a> to blame the U.S. for any escalation.The ISW report also notes U.S. and Israeli strikes against Basij bases in Tehran to degrade domestic control, with satellite imagery indicating several Basij sites in the capital, as Washington\u2019s Operation Epic Fury sought to eliminate the iranian threat.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Iran still striking Gulf States despite president&rsquo;s promise not to: Report<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2525065\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Iranian attacks against Gulf States have persisted, even after President Masoud Pezeshkian <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4484393\/iran-not-attack-middle-east-neighbor-complete-destruction-trump\/\">promised not to<\/a> do so, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/understandingwar.org\/research\/middle-east\/iran-update-morning-special-report-march-7-2026\/\">report from the Institute for the Study of War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two Iranian drones struck targets within the United Arab Emirates between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning Eastern time, according to the report. Dubai International Airport, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oag.com\/busiest-airports-world\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-city-reports-surge-in-covid-19-cases-causing-mass-flight-cancelations-at-countrys-busiest-airport\/\" title=\"Chinese City ...s Surge In COVID-19 Cases, Causing Mass Flight Cancelations At Country\u2019s Busiest Airport\">busiest airport<\/a> in the world<\/a>, was one of the targets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4484619\/iran-prepared-trump-escalation-foreign-minister-says\/\">Iran prepared if Trump seeks escalation: Foreign minister<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4484357\/iran-war-historical-first\/\">War with Iran sees several historical firsts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4484437\/cuba-end-line-trump-shield-america-summit\/\">&#8216;At the end of the line&#8217;: Cuba in the crosshairs at Trump&#8217;s Shield of Americas Summit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: &#127470;&#127479;&#127462;&#127466; Iran strikes Dubai International Airport in UAE. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jpB9qKpdud\">pic.twitter.com\/jpB9qKpdud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BRICSinfo\/status\/2030214798143598881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Saudi Arabia was also targeted, per the report, as Iran attempted to strike U.S. military bases and Saudi energy and civilian infrastructure, but Saudi forces intercepted eight drones and a ballistic missile, according to the country&rsquo;s defense ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the recent strikes, Pezeshkian said Saturday in a televised address that Iran aims to work &ldquo;hand&#8209;in&#8209;hand with our dear brothers and neighbors in the region to establish lasting peace and stability, and we hope this goal will be achieved,&rdquo; according to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2026\/03\/07\/765068\/Pezeshkian-Enemies-will-take-dream-of-Iran-s-surrender-to-grave\">translation from Iranian media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After President Donald Trump called for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4483182\/trump-no-deal-until-iran-unconditional-surrender\/\">nothing short of &ldquo;UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER&rdquo;<\/a> on Friday, Pezeshkian said Iran&rsquo;s enemies &ldquo;will take that dream to the grave.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In his own statement, the Iranian foreign minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4484619\/iran-prepared-trump-escalation-foreign-minister-says\/\">cast blame<\/a> on Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration &ldquo;for any intensification of Iran&rsquo;s exercise of self-defense.&rdquo; That followed the president&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116187586876366061\">Truth Social <\/a>post in which he said Iran &ldquo;will be hit very hard&rdquo; on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-could-face-absolute-collapse-if-strikes-continue-former-industry-executive-says\/\" title=\"Continued strikes could lead to Hollywood&#039;s &#039;total collapse&#039;, ...ns ex-exec.\">continued strikes<\/a> come one week after the United States launched Operation Epic Fury, an effort that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2026\/03\/operation-epic-fury-unmatched-power-unrelenting-force-of-americas-warriors\/\">Trump administration claims<\/a> is to &ldquo;eliminate the threat of the Iranian regime once and for all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other takeaways from the ISW report include that U.S. and Israeli forces have targeted Basij bases in Tehran to &ldquo;degrade the regime&rsquo;s ability to maintain domestic control.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4484619\/iran-prepared-trump-escalation-foreign-minister-says\/\">IRAN PREPARED IF TRUMP SEEKS ESCALATION: FOREIGN MINISTER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Commercially available satellite imagery shows that the combined force has targeted at least nine of the 23 Basij regional bases in Tehran as of March 6,&rdquo; according to the ISW report.<\/p>\n<p>The Basij, a paramilitary volunteer militia under the umbrella of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is tasked with maintaining societal control. In his first remarks after the war began, Trump urged Iranians to &ldquo;take over your government.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran hits Gulf states despite pledge; drones strike UAE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2700,"featured_media":2577294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26001650923158.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3817,74892,3823,75328,3646],"class_list":["post-2577293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diplomacy","tag-gulf-states","tag-iran","tag-regional-tensions-2","tag-security"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26001650923158.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577297,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577293\/revisions\/2577297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2577294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}