The arrests echo measures around the Gulf as Iran attacks airports, military bases, oil infrastructure, and residential areas with drones and missiles.

DOHA (AFP) – Qatari police arrested more than 300 people for spreading photographs and “misleading information” during Iran’s strikes, the interior minister said Monday.

The arrests follow similar steps around the Gulf, as Iran uses drones and missiles to attack airports, military posts, oil infrastructure, and civilian areas on a regular basis.

According to the statement, those arrested “filmed and circulated video clips and published misleading information and rumours that could stir public opinion”.

The Department for Combating Economic and Cyber Crimes detained persons of “various nationalities” at the ministry’s General Directorate of Criminal Investigations.

The news comes after a slew of arrests elsewhere in the region.

On Friday, Bahrain’s interior ministry announced that four persons had been detained for “filming and broadcasting clips about the effects of Iranian attacks and spreading false news.”

On Saturday, officials in Kuwait said that three persons had been detained after appearing in a video insulting the country’s circumstances.

Residents of the United Arab Emirates have received text messages warning of potential legal prosecution for sharing sensitive photographs or “reposting untrustworthy information.”

According to the Emirates News Agency, the UAE attorney general’s office also advised against “filming, publishing, or circulating images and videos documenting incident sites or damage caused by falling projectiles or shrapnel”.

Saudi Arabia has given similar warnings.

Despite warnings, photographs of missiles, drones, and the war’s aftermath continue to spread on social media and in group conversations.

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