What followed was a cacophony of booming explosions in the sky as the city’s air-defence missile system began taking out missile after missile, drone after drone. However, I strongly urge citizens not to pursue anything other than a shelter in place strategy for now,” she said. An Iranian missile is intercepted in the sky over Dubai on Sunday. Smoke billows above the Jebel Ali port in Dubai on Sunday after it was struck by debris from an intercepted Iranian missile. She said that there was a “very small number” of Irish citizens in Iran, many of whom have dual citizenship.

Source: The Irish Times March 01, 2026 16:46 UTC