Iran live updates: UAE says it's intercepting Iranian missiles and drones

The United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Defense said it is "currently engaging" with air attacks from Iran, and that its air defense systems were intercepting ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones.

This marks the first time the UAE, or any Gulf country, has come under significant attack by Iran since the ceasefire took hold in early April.

Multiple flights headed to the UAE are now diverting to Muscat, Oman, amid reports of drone and missile attacks, according to Flightradar24 data.

Amid the reports, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center also said a cargo ship was on fire off the coast of the UAE. The cause of the fire was not yet confirmed.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said no vessels have recently gone through the Strait of Hormuz, hours after the U.S. Central Command said two US-flagged commercial vessels had transited the waterway.

"No commercial vessel or oil tanker has passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past few hours," the IRGC said in a statement. "The claims made by American officials are baseless and entirely false. Any maritime movements that go against the declared principles of the IRGC Navy will face serious risks, and any vessels that violate these principles will be decisively stopped."

CENTCOM had said earlier that American forces are "actively assisting efforts to restore transit for commercial shipping" and that two U.S.-flagged merchant vessels "have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz and are safely headed on their journey."

The United Arab Emirates' Foreign Ministry said on Monday that a tanker affiliated with the state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Company was targeted by two drones while transiting the Strait of Hormuz in what it called an "Iranian terrorist attack."

U.S. Central Command on Monday denied a report from Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency claiming that an American warship was hit by two missiles while trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

"No U.S. Navy ships have been struck. U.S. forces are supporting Project Freedom and enforcing the naval blockade on Iranian ports," CENTCOM said in a post to X.

-ABC News' Luis Martinez