The Iranian military has said it will target the United Arab Emirates Ras al Khaimah if Iran’s Gulf islands are attacked from there again, reports Al Jazeera, citing the Tasnim news agency.

“We warn the United Arab Emirates, in case of repeated encroachment from the source of that country to the Iranian islands … in the Persian Gulf, the powerful Iranian armed forces will put Ras al Khaimah … under their crushing blows,” that Iranian military spokesperson has been quoted as saying by Tasnim.