Tehran, July 12 (dpa/GNA) – Iranian media on Sunday reported further explosions on the country’s southern coast, beside the Strait of Hormuz, following a wave of US strikes overnight.
The Tasnim news agency said detonations had taken place in the port city of Bandar Abbas, and not far from the island of Qeshm in the Gulf. There were initially no details regarding the cause of the explosions.
State news agency IRNA spoke of “hostile attacks” in Bandar Abbas, where successive explosions had been heard in several parts of the city on Sunday evening. According to the report, the areas in question are home to military installations, and the incident is being investigated.
The pro-government news agency Mehr, reported that the head of the Hormozgan province’s telecommunications authority, had been killed on Qeshm, though it was initially unclear exactly when he had died.
He had reportedly been sent to the island on a repair mission. Mehr said two other staff members had been injured.
GNA