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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 A series of unclaimed airstrikes that hit Iran after\u00a0the U.S. said it finished its attacks\u00a0have again raised questions of who else may be targeting the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n

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The strikes Thursday, just as Iran prepared to bury\u00a0the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hit areas across southern Iran. The country\u2019s theocracy hasn\u2019t directly blamed anyone for the strikes, though one lawmaker issued a warning to the United Arab Emirates over allegedly providing support to the United States in its campaign against Iran.<\/p>\n

Gulf Arab states, which repeatedly have been targeted by Iran since the war began Feb. 28, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday over the strikes. The attacks come as they and the U.S. insist\u00a0the Strait of Hormuz\u00a0must be open and free to ships to transit. Iran insists the strait, through which about a fifth of all oil and natural gas passes, must now be under its sole control and that vessels should begin to pay fees to Tehran \u2014 even though the world for decades has considered it an international waterway.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s grip on the strait during the conflict led to an global energy crisis, though\u00a0oil prices have sharply dropped\u00a0since wartime highs of $120 a barrel.<\/p>\n

Israel, which took part in the Iran war, also has not claimed any recent attacks on Iran.<\/p>\n

Unclaimed strikes came after US ended its attacks<\/h4>\n

The U.S. military\u2019s Central Command said Thursday around 6:30 a.m. local Iran time that it had concluded a round of strikes that saw some 90 targets hit. Shortly after that, Iranian news outlets and state media reported a series of airstrikes and explosions targeting the country\u2019s Bushehr and Sistan and Baluchestan provinces, the cities of Ahvaz and Chabahar and other areas.<\/p>\n

Central Command did not respond to a request for comment over the additional strikes.<\/p>\n

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Iran responded to the strikes Thursday by launching a wider volley of attacks across the Mideast, targeting Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar. Missile alert sirens sounded in the four countries, sending people to seek shelter. One person was reportedly hurt in Kuwait as air defense systems targeted the incoming fire across the region.<\/p>\n

The leader of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, traveled to Kuwait immediately after the Iranian attack for a meeting with the small, oil-rich nation\u2019s ruling emir. Gulf Arab countries also held calls with Qatar\u2019s foreign minister, who has been deeply involved along with Pakistan in mediating talks between Iran and the U.S. over the interim deal now in place to halt the return of open warfare.<\/p>\n

During the Iran war, there also were a series of unclaimed airstrikes. Officials later said both Saudi Arabia and the UAE launched airstrikes on Iran, after Tehran struck energy sites in their countries. Having a Gulf country again strike Iran likely could be an effort to deter Tehran from targeting the Gulf states again.<\/p>\n

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Israel, which under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has engaged in an intense campaign against Iran,\u00a0has not attacked the Islamic Republic since June. Israel also broadly immediately claims its attacks on Iran.<\/p>\n

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Israel\u2019s government said Netanyahu spoke with Trump on Thursday night, with Trump updating Netanyahu \u201con American moves in the Gulf.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israel Katz, Israel\u2019s defense minister, also renewed threats that his nation stood ready to confront Iran if needed.<\/p>\n

The Israel military \u201cis on alert and ready to renew the campaign, to reestablish aerial superiority, and to carry out a blue-white (Israeli) strike in Iran to remove threats, even for a third time,\u201d Katz told a military ceremony. \u201cIf we will have to return, we will return with even greater force.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran keeps up its threats<\/h4>\n

On Friday, Iranian state media quoted Esmail Kousari, a member of the Iranian parliament\u2019s national security committee and a former commander in the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, as warning the UAE would \u201cpay the price for its cooperation with the United States.\u201d He accused the Emirates of having a \u201cbehind-the-scenes\u201d role in the recent U.S. attacks.<\/p>\n

Iran repeatedly accused Gulf Arab states of actively supporting the U.S. war effort, something they denied during the war. The U.S. since the 1991 Gulf War has maintained a broad footprint of military bases across the Gulf Arab states, including in Bahrain, which is home to the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet headquarters.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Iran insists it must be the sole controller of the Strait of Hormuz. But the U.S. is continuing to urge mariners to travel on a southern route through Oman\u2019s territorial waters to avoid Iran.<\/p>\n

The Joint Maritime Information Center, a multinational body overseen by the U.S. Navy, issued a new advisory Friday urging ships to travel that route. A similar message for ships to use that route sparked\u00a0an Iranian attack on Tuesday that saw three vessels hit.<\/p>\n

\u201cNotwithstanding recent unprovoked attacks on merchant vessels, mariners are reminded that the southern route of the (strait) has been expanded and remains available for all traffic,\u201d the maritime center said.<\/p>\n

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