A French influencer was reportedly arrested in Dubai days after she filmed herself saying she was scared while Iranian missiles lit up the sky around her.

Maeva Ghennam, 28, was filming an ad for her three million Instagram followers when she nervously admitted: ‘My knees are shaking,’ as she showed how explosions rang out nearby.

Ms Ghennam was then reportedly arrested alongside three other French nationals for filming and disseminating images of the war, French news outlet France Info reported.

The influencer has since said in a video: ‘I didn’t say anything wrong, I was scared. I was very, very scared.’

Reports of her arrest come as dozens of people have been detained in the United Arab Emirates for sharing footage of Iran’s attacks in a desperate attempt from the country’s rulers to preserve the city’s supposed care-free image.

A European tourist was arrested in Dubai for posting a picture of a hotel on fire.

The father of three, who shared a photograph of the world famous Fairmont The Palm hotel in the aftermath of an Iranian drone attack, was detained on March 9.

Authorities said he would be taken to Al Qusais police for one or two hours and returned but he has not been seen since.