Several explosions in the Middle East

Linnea Blomberg, 

Nellie Håkansson

Updated 15.21 | Published 13.17

Israel and the US have attacked Iran.

At the same time, reports are coming in about explosions around the Middle East.

"All US bases, resources and interests in the region are legitimate targets for retaliatory attacks," the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced, according to Sky News.

Iran was attacked by the US and Israel on Saturday morning.

According to the official state news agency Fars, four US bases were attacked simultaneously by Iran with multiple missile attacks.

These were Al Udeid air base in Qatar, Al Salem base in  Kuwait, Al Dhafra air base in the United Arab Emirates and the US Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain.

Rockets have also been shot down in Jordan.

There have also been reports of explosions heard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera reports, citing AFP.

An explosion in the water outside Haifa in Israel this morning.

            

            An explosion in the water outside Haifa in Israel this morning. Photo: Leo Correa /AP/TT

"Many countries attacked"

Middle East expert Anders Persson explains that the attack on Iran has had a major regional impact.

- Many of the neighboring countries have been attacked. Either by Iran in their retaliatory attacks or by the US and Israel, says Anders Persson.

At the same time, all countries have closed their airspace.

One person is reported to have been killed in the attack on the United Arab Emirates, according to Al Jazeera.

The country has said that “the attack is a clear violation of national sovereignty and international law”.

         

         Explosions in Abu Dhabi. Photo: X

And that “they reserve their full right to react to the escalation”.

Even before the attacks, the US embassy in Qatar, Israel and the United Arab Emirates had gone on high alert and urged their employees to seek protection.

According to Sky News, the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) has also said that they consider “all US bases, resources and interests in the region as legitimate targets” for retaliatory attacks.

They say that they will attack the US and Israel – more powerfully than during the 12-day war.

“Can use criminal networks”

Anders Persson says that the conflict may also affect Sweden and Europe.

– It may have an indirect impact in the form of increased oil prices and financial unrest and instability in financial markets and disruptions in shipping. That type of indirect impact. Then we can also see direct impacts on Sweden if Iran chooses to use terrorist attacks through its proxy actors or criminal networks around Europe of the kind we saw in Sweden against Israeli and Jewish targets earlier during the war in Gaza.