Unverified reports indicate explosions in Ahvaz and on Qeshm Island, attributed to US airstrikes. The report follows minutes after a similar report of blasts in Ahvaz alone.
At 22:06 Jerusalem time, unverified reports indicated explosions in Ahvaz, southwestern Iran, and on Qeshm Island, southern Iran, attributed to US airstrikes. The report updates a similar report from 22:03 that described blasts in Ahvaz without attribution.
The new report adds Qeshm Island as a location and explicitly identifies the source as US airstrikes. The cause of the explosions and any damage or casualties are not yet known.
The report comes amid a series of unverified reports of US strikes in southern Iran over the past month, as The Zioneer has documented. Previous reports have described explosions in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Kish Island, Chabahar, and Ahvaz, with some sources claiming US strikes targeting air defense systems and radar arrays. Iranian state media has not commented on these reports.
5 developments
- DevelopingRegional assessment: US strikes continue near Strait of Hormuz, Iran retaliates against Gulf bases
- StrongArab media report exchange of fire in Strait of Hormuz; explosions in Bushehr
- StrongAnalyst: US strikes on Iran failing to force surrender, Tehran retaliates against Gulf allies
- DevelopingIranian news agency: US strikes hit 7 sites on Iran's southern coast
Source and signal
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