US strikes Iranian launchers near Strait of Hormuz as Iran fires missiles at US base in Jordan

Iran remained committed to reaching an agreement despite accusing the United States of failing to honour its commitments, President Masoud Pezeshkian told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bishkek on Monday, state media reported.

“We remain committed to the obligations we accepted under the agreements, but the American side has not fulfilled its commitments,” Pezeshkian said during their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.

“We are still working to achieve an agreement and understanding,” he added. “We believe that continuing the war serves neither our interests nor those of the region or humanity.”

Pezeshkian said India had considerable capacity to help strengthen regional peace and stability.

Iranian authorities have seized a bulk carrier after they said it dumped oil and sludge into the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported on Monday.

"Following the publication of images of the discharge of oil into the sea... expert and clean-up teams were dispatched to the site and seized the ship causing the pollution," the deputy head of the Ports and Maritime Department of the southern Hormozgan province, Esmaeil Makizadeh, told the official IRNA news agency.

"The seized ship was a bulk carrier carrying sugar and had dumped a mixture of burnt oil, bilge water and industrial sludge directly into the sea," he added, without specifying the vessel's flag or the nationalities of its crew.

He said the waste has since been cleaned from the water and the ship has been referred to the judiciary.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of tricking Washington into going to war with the Islamic republic, calling him a "serpent".

"In Hebrew, Netanyahu openly crows that he suckered the US Administration into a war on Iran on behalf of Israel. Netanyahu explicitly laughs about how he 'influenced' America through 1,000 hours of airtime on US networks," Araghchi said in a post on X.

"In English, he praises POTUS' leadership. Serpent," he added.

The UAE has strongly condemned the missile attacks targeting Jordan, describing them as a flagrant violation of the kingdom’s sovereignty and a threat to its security and stability.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the attacks represented a serious infringement of Jordan’s sovereignty.

The ministry expressed the UAE’s full solidarity with Jordan and reaffirmed its support for all measures aimed at safeguarding the kingdom’s security and stability.

The UAE has strongly condemned what it described as an aggressive Iranian drone attack on the country, saying the aircraft was dealt with by air defence systems over UAE territorial waters and that the incident represented a serious escalation and a clear violation of its sovereignty.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the attack posed a direct threat to the UAE’s security and stability, as well as to the safety of citizens and residents.

In a statement, the ministry said such attacks constituted an unacceptable violation and a direct threat to the country’s security, stability and territorial integrity, in breach of the principles of international law and the United Nations Charter.

The UAE stressed that it would not compromise on protecting its security and sovereignty under any circumstances and said it reserved its full and legitimate right to respond to the attack in a manner that safeguards its sovereignty, national security and territorial integrity, as well as the safety of citizens, residents and visitors, in accordance with international law.

Oil operations and development projects on Iran’s Kharg Island continued without interruption, National Iranian Oil Company Chief Executive Hamid Bovard said on Monday.

“None of the ongoing work on Kharg has stopped, and operational activities and development projects in the region are continuing,” Bovard said.

He dismissed US President Donald Trump’s recent social media posts as “ridiculous” and described conditions on the island as calm.

The UAE Ministry of Defence said the country’s air forces had dealt with a drone over the UAE’s territorial waters that was coming from Iran.

The ministry said the Armed Forces remained on full alert and were ready to respond to all threats.

It added that air defence systems continued to monitor and track the country’s airspace around the clock.

The ministry also urged the public to rely on official sources for news and to avoid rumours and false or misleading information.

The US Army reportedly fired between 96 and 128 PAC-3 MSE interceptors in a single night over Jordan, potentially costing between $380 million and $640 million, to counter 32 Iranian ballistic missiles. That puts the estimated cost at around $4 million per interceptor. OSINT reports suggest that only about 900 Patriot interceptors may remain in the US stockpile.

A fully loaded Patriot battery can carry roughly 72 to 96 PAC-3 MSE interceptors. Two batteries, along with reloads, could therefore account for several hundred rounds available in the country. A single night of heavy use could consume a significant portion of the available defensive stockpile.

The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) previously estimated that fewer than 1,000 Patriot interceptors remained after heavy expenditure during the war. Each PAC-3 MSE takes years to manufacture, while production is expected to reach around 2,000 units a year by 2030.

If Iran continues launching missiles at this scale, Washington could face difficult choices: spend millions of dollars defending its bases, risk depleting its Patriot interceptor stocks, or scale back its military presence in the region.

Iran on Monday 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

Iranian state television said on Monday, citing a statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), that a supertanker caught fire and came to a complete stop after striking two naval mines in the southern Strait of Hormuz.

The IRGC said the tanker had been attempting to pass through the waterway illegally. It did not identify the vessel or provide details about its crew.

The Guards warned that other vessels violating its security rules would face the same fate, adding that compliance with its regulations governing passage through the Strait of Hormuz was mandatory.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) rejected a claim by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as "absolutely false" that US strikes targeting its forces involved in laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz amounted to an "act of aggression."

In a post on X, CENTCOM said the US forces had taken "limited, precise action" against IRGC minelaying forces that posed an "imminent threat" in the strategically important waterway.

"Claim: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed in a recent statement that strikes by US forces to prevent the IRGC from placing mines in the Strait of Hormuz were an 'act of aggression.' This claim is absolutely false," CENTCOM said.

The US military command said the action was aimed at protecting civilian mariners, commercial shipping and the movement of global trade through the Strait of Hormuz.

"Fact: US forces took limited, precise action against IRGC minelaying forces posing an imminent threat in the Strait of Hormuz. In essence, Iran created the threat, and the U.S. military eliminated it to protect civilian mariners, commercial shipping, and the free flow of global commerce," CENTCOM said.

US President Donald Trump reiterated his stance that Iran "cannot have a nuclear weapon", asserting that Tehran would use such a weapon against Israel and could pose a wider threat to the Middle East, Europe and the United States.

Speaking to Fox News on "Sunday Night in America", Trump said, "Iran is a number one leading state sponsor of terror. You've heard that many times, in the whole world. They cannot have a nuclear weapon."

"I have numerous people say, 'Well, did you have to do it?' And then I say, 'Do you think it's okay for Iran to have a nuclear weapon?' A nuclear weapon is massive destruction, you know, take what you see and multiply times a hundred," Trump said.

Trump said he had asked people who questioned US action against Iran whether they believed it was acceptable for Tehran to possess a nuclear weapon.

"And everybody says no. I've had people on the other side asking me, or debating me, let's say, on that question. Most people are absolutely fine with it," he said.

Trump claimed that US measures against Iran were having a major impact, saying, "But we're doing a great job. The blockade has been unbelievable. The financial hits that we're giving them, we're hitting them very hard. Nobody's ever been hit like this."

"And they're a failing nation right now. And at the right point, we'll either win, or they'll do something, but, you know, I don't mind winning, just winning that I don't need a signature on a piece of paper," he added.

Trump also claimed that Iran's military capabilities and leadership had been severely damaged.

"Their navy is gone, their air force is gone, their leaders are gone, their, uh, all of their anti-aircraft, I mean, it's all wiped out," he said.

Calling Iranians "tough people" and "smart people", Trump added, "they're very evil."

Jordan's army said Monday it had intercepted eight missiles, shortly after Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked US military targets in the Washington-allied kingdom.

"Air defense systems intercepted eight missiles that breached the Kingdom's airspace at dawn today, Monday," read a statement quoting the army's spokesperson.

Iran has reportedly launched a fresh round of ballistic missile attacks against a US military position in Jordan, hours after American forces struck Iranian launchers on Larak Island near the Strait of Hormuz, in a potentially major escalation of the US-Iran conflict.

Video circulating online early on Monday (August 31) appears to show multiple air-defence interceptors being launched over Jordan. The reported target is Muwaffaq Salti Air Base near Azraq, east of Amman, a key Jordanian air installation that hosts US forces.

Fars news agency also reported the missile launches from Iran.

Jordan, the US Central Command and Iran had not publicly confirmed the latest reported attack at this time, and details about the number of missiles, interceptions, casualties or damage remained unclear.

A US source told Fox News: “Nearly all incoming missiles have been intercepted at this point."

The Strait of Hormuz is facing a fresh escalation after the United States struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island that Washington says were being prepared to deploy rockets carrying sea mines into the strategic waterway

The Aug. 30 strikes mark the first known direct US attack on Iranian forces since late July, raising the risk of renewed confrontation around one of the world's most important energy chokepoints, CNN and Reuters reported.

A classified Pentagon assessment has directly warned Trump's war secretary Pete Hegseth that extending the Iran war will leave the US military dangerously weakened — with senior commanders telling him America can no longer afford to fight this conflict without breaking itself, per The Washington Post.

The assessment highlights a growing, dangerous rift between Pentagon leaders and the administration's political timeline. While Washington projects strength publicly, the classified reality is devastating:

• Munitions stockpiles are already critically depleted — there's nothing left to sustain a prolonged campaign.

• Logistics and personnel are stretched to the breaking point by the regional footprint.

• A prolonged war could leave the US completely vulnerable to opportunistic escalation by Russia or China.

Hegseth can demand "overwhelming firepower," but you cannot fight a global war with an empty magazine, the influential daily stated. And the generals are warning him: the magazine is almost empty.

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

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