Iran live updates: US launches first strikes since July, Tehran responds with attacks

Iran's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that Tehran's forces targeted U.S. bases in Jordan in response to Sunday's American strikes on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps units on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

The bases targeted in Jordan, the ministry said in a statement published by the semi-official Mehr News Agency, had been used to launch and support attacks on Iran.

The ministry added that Iran's armed forces "will not hesitate to exercise the inherent right of self-defense."

-ABC News' Joe Simonetti

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told reporters early on Monday that Tehran is "not looking for war, but we will give a decisive response to the aggressors," following U.S. strikes on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces in the Strait of Hormuz area.

Before leaving Tehran for a visit to Kyrgyzstan, Pezeshkian said Iran "will never sit still in the face of any aggression," as quoted by the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.

"Instability and unrest in the region are not in the interest of any country and will challenge everyone," Pezeshkian added.

-ABC News' Will Gretsky

U.S. Central Command posted to X late on Sunday describing its strikes on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz area as "limited, precise action" against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps "minelaying forces posing an imminent threat."

"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 wrote.

-ABC News' Cindy Smith

Jordanian air defense systems intercepted eight missiles in its airspace early Monday morning, the country's state media reported.

The Jordanian Armed Forces were able to successfully destroy the missiles before they posed any threat to citizens or property, according to the report.

The attack on Jordan came after the United States struck two Iranian rocket launch sites on Larak Island, a U.S. official said Sunday. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said at the time that the attack "will be responded to."