Iran Fires Drone at UAE, Missiles at Jordan

The UAE calls it a "dangerous escalation"

The UAE Defense Ministry said it "dealt with" an Iranian drone detected over its waters approaching from Iran, and reported no damage. The Foreign Ministry said the attack "constitutes a blatant violation of the UAE's sovereignty, security, and stability, and a direct threat to the safety of its citizens and residents."

The Defense Ministry later issued a second statement denying an Iranian army claim that Al Minhad Air Base in Dubai had been targeted, saying that claim was false.

What each side is saying

Iran's Foreign Ministry said Monday that Iran would "not hesitate to exercise the inherent right of legitimate defense and will respond decisively to any military aggression."

President Masoud Pezeshkian, who has favored a negotiated end to the war, said Iran was not seeking one before leaving for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. "But," he said, "we will respond decisively to aggressors." He was scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines Tuesday.

President Donald Trump has threatened further action, The Independent and The Guardian reported. The Independent also reported that Tehran mocked as "laughable" Trump's claim that Iran is "dead."

A senior Iranian source, speaking anonymously, told the Jerusalem Post that the current hostilities amount to a "limited" confrontation, and said conditions in the Strait of Hormuz "will become worse for vessels that violate" rules set by Tehran.

Anwar Gargash, a diplomatic adviser to the UAE's president, wrote that "the state of neither war nor peace cannot be a sustainable solution," calling for a political settlement restoring normal navigation through the strait.