Iran claims to have targeted US facilities in the region, explosions reported in Kuwait and the UAE.

On April 4th local time, the Iranian military issued a statement claiming that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used the "Arash-2" drone in the second phase of unmanned aerial operations that day, successfully striking the radar systems used by the US military to detect missiles and combat drones, as well as targeting an aluminum company in the United Arab Emirates and the US "mechanized, armored, and helicopter battalion headquarters" in Kuwait. It was reported that earlier in the day, explosions were heard in Kuwait and the UAE. Iran claims that the US and Israel have significant investments in the aluminum company in the UAE, where they produce aircraft including the F-35, missiles, tanks, and armored vehicles.