The Iranian Armed Forces have ordered the immediate evacuation of the Jebel Ali, Khalifa, and Fujairah ports in the UAE, claiming US military forces are concealing themselves within the civilian facilities and warning of imminent strikes.
The Iranian Armed Forces have issued an urgent evacuation order to residents and workers in the United Arab Emirates, commanding them to immediately distance themselves from three critical maritime hubs: Jebel Ali, Khalifa Port, and Fujairah Port. The warnings were broadcast widely across Iranian news aggregators and state-aligned Telegram channels on March 14, including خبرفوری ࡆ اخبارفوری مذاکره ࡆ جنگ فوری and خبرفورینیوز | اخبار جنگ | حمله امریکا.
The justification for the impending strikes centers on allegations that American forces are using the commercial ports for cover. According to حامیان پزشکیان, a channel supportive of the Iranian administration, the military declared these zones legitimate targets because of the presence and concealment of United States military forces among civilian facilities. The channel warned that the ports "will be targeted in the coming hours".
Similar directives were amplified by آخرین خبر, a prominent Iranian news channel, which relayed the Armed Forces' explicit instructions for all citizens, port employees, and bystanders in the vicinity to evacuate. The military urged individuals to leave the specified areas as quickly as possible "for the preservation of their lives".
These imminent threats against UAE infrastructure follow an unprecedented wave of US and Israeli airstrikes between March 9 and 13 that devastated Iran's air defense, naval capabilities, and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facilities. In response to the allied bombardment and the recent appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader, senior IRGC commanders previously vowed to ignite all energy infrastructure across the Middle East. The regional crisis has already driven global oil prices above $120 a barrel and halted Kuwaiti oil production following the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
The source messages uniformly transmit official Iranian military warnings. The language directly mirrors the state's framing of US forces 'hiding' or 'concealing' themselves among civilian infrastructure, establishing a preemptive justification for striking commercial targets in a neighboring country. This framing has been faithfully translated without sanitization to reflect the escalating posture of Iranian media and military communications.