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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 A series of mysterious, unclaimed airstrikes that hit Iran after the U.S. said it finished its attacks<\/span> have 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 the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/span>, 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 the Strait of Hormuz<\/span> must 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 oil prices have sharply dropped<\/span> since 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

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Unclaimed strikes came after US ended its attacks<\/h2>\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

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During the Iran war, officials say both Saudi Arabia and the UAE launched airstrikes targeting Iran, after Tehran struck energy sites in their countries. <\/p>\n

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