Fears have mounted over the world’s two major wars converging after Ukraine attacked an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea, with Tehran vowing to respond.

Iran claimed one sailor was killed and another injured in the Ukrainian attack, as the ministry summoned Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran to protest against what it described as a “hostile and criminal” act.

Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday the reported strike on a commercial vessel “cannot go unanswered” in a call with the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.

Jordan’s armed forces this morning said it foiled Iran’s attempt to target the kingdom with five missiles.

The military spokesperson said the Jordanian military radar detected the incoming missiles before air defence units downed all five of them.

At least three people have been killed in a US attack on a residential building in Iran’s Qeshm, according to Iran’s Fars news agency.

A two-year-old child was among the three killed in the attack.

A furious Donald Trump has threatened to punish Iran following a “surprise” attack on US military targets in the Middle East.

The offensive took place days after the US president suspended air strikes over the region.

In an expletive-ridden outburst, he told Fox News: “We’re going to beat the f****** sh** out of them. We’ll be hitting them hard. They’re going to get a beating.”

In a day of escalation in the region, Saudi Arabia also joined the US in striking several Iran-backed groups.

Oil prices gave up some of their gains today as oil tankers continued to make their way out of the Middle East even as tensions there escalated, with ​the US-Iran war spreading beyond its main fronts.

Brent futures fell $1.29, or 1.42 per cent, to $89.45 a ‌barrel. US West Texas Intermediate crude fell 56 cents, or 0.66 per cent, to $83.90 a barrel.

Brent settled up 7.91 per cent in the previous session and WTI up 6.56 per cent in one of the sharpest spikes of the Iran war, reversing ​a 5 per cent plunge on Tuesday after a pause in hostilities in the five-month conflict.

A QatarEnergy-controlled liquefied natural gas tanker exited the Strait of Hormuz overnight, the first such vessel visible on ship-tracking data to leave ⁠the waterway since 11 July, data from analytics firms showed.

The Al Areesh tanker, which loaded a cargo at Qatar’s Ras Laffan terminal around 4-6 July, sailed out of the strait overnight on 29 July, according to Kpler and LSEG data.LSEG data shows it is currently heading to Port Qasim, Pakistan, ⁠with an estimated arrival date of 31 July.

Its ​departure ⁠marks the first time a QatarEnergy-controlled LNG tanker exited the Strait of Hormuz since the Al Rekayyat was struck in early July.

The previous LNG tanker to exit ⁠was the Al Hamra, which left on 11 July carrying a cargo loaded at ​the United ⁠Arab Emirates’ Das Island, according to Kpler ‌data.

The US military said it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran, which lasted ⁠two hours and hit dozens of targets, with Washington casting the strikes as a “powerful response” to Iranian missiles launched towards US forces in the Middle East a day earlier.

The US ⁠military said on Tuesday it intercepted ⁠multiple ballistic missiles launched by Iran towards US forces in what Washington called “an attempted surprise attack” by ⁠Tehran. Iran confirmed it had fired on US bases in ⁠Jordan.

President Donald Trump said ‌after the missiles were intercepted that US forces would retaliate. “We’re going to hit them very hard,” he said

Iran is reportedly expected to receive within weeks a first shipment of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air-defence missile launchers.

The purchase, valued at $60-70m, is one of Tehran’s largest-known efforts to strengthen its short-range air defences since the outbreak of its war ⁠with the US and Israel, which exposed gaps in Iran’s ability to protect military sites and strategic infrastructure.

The contract covers the purchase of between 300 and 400 man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS), including Chinese-made QW-12 and FN-16 missiles, Reuters reported, citing sources.

The deal was signed with Zhongqing Baoshang International Investment. Sources told Reuters the Hong Kong-based company was acting as an intermediary between the Iranian side and the Chinese supplier.