The United States and Iran have exchanged strikes after US forces attacked two rocket launchers on Iran’s Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first known US strikes on Iran since late July.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said two people were killed and two injured, vowing retaliation. The US said it carried out “limited, precise action” against Iranian forces posing an imminent threat in the strategic waterway.

Iran later claimed it launched ballistic missiles at two US bases in Jordan, with Jordanian authorities reporting that eight missiles were intercepted. Tehran also claimed to have targeted a US base in the UAE with drones, but the UAE denied the report while confirming the interception of a drone.

The escalation comes amid the wider US-Israel conflict with Iran and a continuing US naval blockade that has severely disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil route.

Iran condemned the Larak attack as US aggression, while President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran was not seeking war but would respond decisively.

The latest clashes also follow new US sanctions against Iran and growing tensions over control of the strategic waterway.