The aircraft had earlier taken off from Sri Lanka carrying the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in a US submarine attack on a warship off the island’s coast last week.
"Solidarity in words must be matched by solidarity in action," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said as he announced the campaign from Beirut.
Lana Nusseibeh, the UAE's minister of state in the Gulf country's foreign ministry, said she and her nation's neighbors were shocked that Iran had unleashed attacks on them.
Several prominent political figures were said by state media to be marching in Tehran at the time, including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and FM Abbas Araghchi.
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The drones crashed in the Sohar province. One landed in an open area, with no casualties reported, while the other struck the Al Awhi Industrial Zone, killing two expatriate workers.
Over the past two weeks, the military has conducted hundreds of strike waves against the regime.
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Iran's UN Ambassador also said that Tehran would not close the Strait of Hormuz, adding that it was Iran's right to preserve the security of the key shipping route.
The status of the Iranian ship and its crew is not currently known, CBS added.
Macron called the attack "unacceptable" and said that the French troops were stationed in the region as part of France's support in fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
