Iran’s retaliatory missile and drone campaign against the United States and Israel in the Gulf has killed three people and wounded 58 in the United Arab Emirates since it began, Emirati authorities said.

AFP correspondents heard repeated, powerful blasts in Dubai, Doha and Manama, with explosions also in Riyadh, as Iran pressed a second day of counter-strikes following US and Israeli attacks that killed its supreme leader and other top officials.

Iran’s continued and unprecedented Gulf bombardment has raised fears of a wider conflict and rattled a region long seen as a haven of peace and security in the turbulent Middle East.

The three people killed in the UAE attacks were Pakistani, Nepalese and Bangladeshi nationals, Abu Dhabi’s defence ministry said.

Since Saturday, the UAE detected 165 ballistic missiles, destroying 152, and intercepted two cruise missiles, the defence ministry said.