U.S. Central Command issued a direct rebuttal on Saturday regarding claims made by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) involving a purported military strike in the United Arab Emirates. The Iranian regime had alleged that its forces successfully targeted U.S. “hideouts” in Dubai, claiming the operation resulted in more than 500 casualties.
In a formal fact-check response, American military officials confirmed that no U.S. personnel have been attacked in Dubai.
The statement characterized the IRGC’s report as a complete fabrication, intended to mislead the public through social media.
According to the release from CENTCOM, the Iranian government is “manufacturing lies” to divert attention from the current state of its own military.
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U.S. officials stated that Iran’s operational capabilities have been “undeniably overwhelmed and degraded” during recent regional friction, and the false claims of a successful strike are an attempt to “hide the reality” of those losses.
The IRGC’s initial claim suggested that the strike was a precision operation against locations where U.S. forces were allegedly stationed. However, local reports and U.S. monitoring confirmed no such explosions or combat activity took place in the metropolitan area of Dubai.
U.S. Central Command emphasized that it will continue to provide factual updates to counter disinformation as the security situation in the Middle East evolves.
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