Iran responded to an earlier US attack on rocket launchers on its island of Larak, about 660km east of Kharg, with an assault on two US bases in Jordan, Iranian media said.

Iranian media says residents on Iran’s Larak Island have reported hearing an explosion, the cause of which is unknown.

Iran responded to an earlier US attack on rocket launchers on its island of Larak, about 660km east of Kharg, with an assault on two US bases in Jordan, Iranian media said.