DUBAI — Iran has claimed attacks on US bases in Jordan and US military targets at the Al Minhad airbase in the UAE after US forces bombed two rocket launchers on Larak Island.Iranian officials said two people were killed and several others injured in the US attack Sunday night on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran retaliated by attacking two bases used by US forces in Jordan and the UAE, according to Iranian media.Iran’s army said in a statement cited by Iranian news agencies that dozens of drones were launched at US military assets at the Al Menhad airbase in the UAE early on Monday.In a statement on X on Monday, the UAE’s Ministry of Defense described the reports as “false” and “urged the public to rely on official sources for information and to refrain from circulating rumours or inaccurate information”.Later, the ministry said the UAE’s air force intercepted a drone “over the country’s territorial waters, approaching from Iran”.The incident comes after the US and Iran exchanged attacks overnight, further denting hopes for a resolution of the more than six-month-long conflict.US forces on Sunday struck two Iranian launchers on Iran’s Larak Island, some 660km (410 miles) east of ⁠Kharg Island, a US official said. The Jordan strikes targeted US bases used to launch and support the attack on Larak, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.The Iranian army said its drone attack on the UAE’s airbase targeted sites where US forces and helicopters were stationed in response to the Larak casualties.The UAE’s presidential adviser, Anwar Mohammed Gargash, condemned the renewed escalation, saying “the policy of targeting the Arab Gulf states and Jordan has proven to be a failure”.“Political solutions must begin with de-escalation and restoring normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz,” Gargash added.Meanwhile, a supertanker caught fire and was brought to a complete halt after being struck by two naval mines in the southern Strait ‌of Hormuz, ‌Iran's state ‌TV ⁠reported on Monday, citing ⁠a statement by the Revolutionary Guards.The Guards said the tanker had ⁠been attempting ‌to ‌pass through the waterway ‌illegally. It did ‌not identify the vessel or provide information about its crew.The ‌Guards warned that other ships violating ⁠its ⁠security rules would face the same fate and said compliance with its regulations for passage through the Strait of Hormuz was mandatory.Sunday’s return to hostilities comes after the Trump administration ramped up economic pressure on Iran and its business partners with new sanctions, and mediators intensified efforts to resume negotiations on a potential deal to end the war.The European Union Aviation Safety Agency on Monday extended until September 30 its warning to airlines to avoid airspace over the waters of the ‌Arabian Gulf within ‌Bahrain, Kuwait, ‌Qatar ⁠and the UAE, ⁠revising an earlier advisory that recommended avoiding the countries’ entire airspace.It also asked airlines to ⁠not operate over ‌Gulf ‌of Oman waters within ‌Oman’s Muscat flight ‌information region.The agency lifted its previous recommendation that airlines avoid Jordanian ‌airspace, but advised operators to exercise caution ⁠through ⁠September 30.High-level delegations from mediators Oman, Pakistan and Qatar visited Tehran last week in an effort to advance negotiations to bring the war to an end.