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Man dies after drone attack in Dubai
Updated March 7, 2026 – 11:53 p.mReading time: 14 minutes
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US President Donald Trump has blamed Tehran for the attack on a school in Iran that may have left more than 150 dead. “Based on what I saw, this was done by Iran,” the US president told reporters on board his presidential plane on Saturday.
The New York Times reported on Friday that the United States was probably responsible for the attack. This was the result of an evaluation of satellite images, videos and publications in online media. According to the New York Times, the girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran, was hit on Saturday last week while US forces attacked a neighboring Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval base.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he spoke to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about the situation in Iran and the Middle East. He reiterated his offer to help combat Iranian drones. Ukraine has been fighting against Shahed drones developed by Iran for years.
The federal government has temporarily brought the staff of the German embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran to safety abroad after further serious attacks by the USA and Israel. The Foreign Office in Berlin said that the staff had been temporarily relocated due to the threat situation. However, the accessibility of the embassy is still guaranteed. “The temporary relocation follows a reduction that took place as a precautionary measure in mid-January,” it said.
A man died in Dubai due to debris from a drone attack. Authorities say an Asian man died after debris fell on a vehicle during an aerial interception maneuver. The incident occurred in the western district of Al Barsha.
The airline Emirates had previously temporarily suspended its flights to and from Dubai; the authorities had also spoken of a danger from debris. The Dubai authorities also say that in a third incident, debris fell on the facade of a high-rise building in Dubai Marina. Nobody was injured.
In Iran, an influential cleric is hinting that a successor to the slain religious leader Ali Khamenei will soon be chosen. Ayatollah Hassan Mosafari, a member of the Council of Experts responsible for the election, said they were confident that the appointment of a new leader would take place in the next 24 hours, according to Fars news agency. At the same time, he asked not to spread rumors as to why the election had not yet taken place.
