Iran-US war latest: Ship carrying thousands of Marines arrives as Yemen’s Houthis warn of more attacks – UK Times

The UAE defence ministry said today it is actively engaging with missiles and drones from Iran.

“Authorities in Dubai confirm that the sounds heard across parts of the city were the result of successful air defence interception operations,” the government of Dubai’s media office posted on X.

“The concerned teams continue to monitor the situation and take the necessary measures to ensure everyone’s safety, and they urge the public to obtain information from its official sources,” it said in a statement.

The US Pentagon is planning for potential ground operations in Iran, which could last for weeks.

While not amounting to a full scale invasion, these operations may include targeted raids by troops, according to The Washington Post.

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Iran has threatened to bomb the campuses of US universities in the Middle East after American strikes destroyed two Iranian colleges.

Several US universities including, the Texas A&M University and the New York University have campuses in the Gulf region.

“If the US government wants its universities in the region to be free from retaliation… it must condemn the bombing of the universities in an official statement by 12 noon on Monday, March 30, Tehran time,” Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said in a statement today, according to Fars news agency.

“We advise all employees, professors, and students of American universities in the region and residents of their surrounding areas” to stay kilometre away from campuses, it said, according to the statement published by Iranian media.

Amid the US and Israel-led war in Iran, the regime’s politicians are pushing for Tehran’s exit from the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

“The NPT treaty has not only failed to protect our country from attacks by nuclear powers, but our nuclear facilities have been repeatedly targeted, and international documents and agreements have been entirely disregarded,” said Ebrahim Rezaei, a spokesperson for Iran’s national security commission of parliament.

“Iran’s continued membership in the NPT is meaningless; the NPT has brought us no benefits,” Rezaei posted on X.

The spokesperson added that a piece of legislation has been uploaded to an online parliamentary portal to be reviewed soon.

He said the priority legislation seeks to withdraw Iran from the NPT, revoke a law that adopted nuclear restrictions, and “support a new international treaty with aligned countries on developing peaceful nuclear technologies”.

Iran’s English-language daily, the Tehran Times, carried a warning for incoming US troops that those setting foot on Iranian soil will “leave only in coffin”.

The warning under the headline “Welcome to Hell” comes as the US announced the deployment of additional troops to the Middle East, including thousands of Marines, making it the largest buildup of American forces in the region in 20 years.

It remains unclear where the new troops would be based, and US president Donald Trump has also not made it clear if they would be committed to ground operations against Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump said “Cuba’s next” while discussing the ongoing conflict in Iran at an investment forum in Miami, Florida.

The UK is reportedly “a few weeks away” from major medicine shortages if the Iran war continues, experts have said, while the conflict could also prompt a surge in drug prices.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the nation can achieve its goals in Iran “without ground troops.”

“We can achieve all of our objectives without ground troops, but we are always going to be prepared to give the president maximum optionality and maximum opportunity to adjust to contingencies, should they emerge,” he told reporters.

“We must once again recommit ourselves to one nation under God, indivisible,” The Hot Chick actor, 62, wrote in a post on X Friday.