The United Arab Emirates said it had dealt with a drone over its territorial waters coming from Iran, after Tehran claimed an attack on a US base in the Gulf country.

"The Ministry of Defence announced that the UAE Air Force responded to a UAV detected over the country's territorial waters, approaching from Iran," the ministry said in a statement on X.

Iran has condemned renewed US attacks on its island of Larak and justified strikes by Iranian forces on bases in Jordan as "legitimate defence".

In a statement, the foreign ministry said Iran "strongly condemned the American military aggression on Larak", adding that Iranian forces responded "in accordance with the inherent right of legitimate defence".

An oil tanker caught fire after striking two sea mines while attempting to take an “illegal” route through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has said.

The vessel was “completely stopped after being hit by two sea mines,” the IRGC said in a statement carried by state-run broadcaster IRIB.

The IRGC did not provide details on casualties or the extent of the damage.

It called on vessels transiting the strategic waterway to comply with procedures announced by Tehran for passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's military has said that it had launched dozens of explosive drones at US troops and helicopters stationed at Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates in retaliation for a US strike on Iran's Larak Island.

“Since early this morning, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army has targeted locations housing US military helicopters and personnel at Al Minhad base in the UAE with dozens of explosive drones,” the army said, according to Iranian news agencies.

It described Al Minhad as an important logistics and air transport hub for foreign forces and vowed further retaliation against US troops.

US President Donald Trump reiterated that Iran must never be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons, describing the country’s leadership as “very violent, evil people.”

“You cannot let them have a nuclear weapon, and they won’t have a nuclear weapon,” Trump told Fox News in an interview published on Sunday.

He argued that Tehran would have used a nuclear weapon had it acquired one, claiming that the Middle East “would have essentially been gone” and that Israel would have been destroyed, with the US or Europe possibly becoming the next targets.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said Tehran does not seek conflict but warned that it would respond decisively to any further attack.

In his first remarks since the US attack on Iran’s Larak Island, Pezeshkian made the comments before departing for Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.

Iran “will give a decisive response to the aggressors” if attacked, he said, according to Fars news agency.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has shot down a US MQ-9 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran’s Mehr news agency.

The reported downing comes amid a sharp escalation between Tehran and Washington following US attacks on Iran and subsequent Iranian strikes on US military targets in the region.

Trump has posted an AI-generated video on Truth Social showing a simulated attack on Iran’s Kharg Island, a key hub for the country’s oil exports.

The video depicts an oil storage facility and tanker engulfed in explosions, viewed from an aircraft overhead. “Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!! President DJT,” Trump wrote alongside the footage.

Kharg Island handled the bulk of Iran’s crude exports, making the facility a crucial link in the country’s oil industry and a major source of export revenue.

US Central Command has said its forces carried out a “limited, precise” operation against IRGC minelaying forces on Larak Island, saying they posed an imminent threat to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

CENTCOM said the action was aimed at protecting civilian mariners, commercial vessels and the flow of global trade through the waterway.

CENTCOM also said 83 commercial vessels have been redirected since Washington reinstated its naval blockade of Iran on July 14, while three vessels have been disabled and two boarded.

The latest figures mark one additional vessel redirected since Friday, when the command reported a total of 82.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards launch ballistic missile attacks on two US bases in Jordan as senior lawmaker warns "retaliation is coming".