Tehran: A major explosion rocked Iran on Saturday. The wham occurred in a towers in Bandar Abbas, a municipality on the Persian Gulf coast. At least one person was killed and 14 others were injured. The explosion comes at a time when Iran is facing the threat of a US attack. However, Iranian media has not linked the explosion to the United States. Local authorities say the rationalization of the wham is still unknown.
BREAKING: Explosions reported wideness Iran — at least 7 cities
Tehran, Bandar Abbas, Tabriz, Parand, Qeshm, Nowshahr, Ardabil
North, south, east, west. All within hours.
Neither Israel nor the US have commented.
This is not gas leaks. This is coordinated. pic.twitter.com/kVoHzhxdDn
— Conflict Alarm (@ConflictAlarm) January 31, 2026What happened in Bandar Abbas?
Iranian state television reported that the explosion occurred in an eight-story towers in the Moallem Boulevard zone of the city. The wham was so powerful that two floors of the towers were reduced to rubble. Several cars and shops near the towers were moreover destroyed. Local administration, fire brigade, and medical teams are on the scene delivering out rescue operations.
The state-run IRNA news organ quoted Mehrdad Hasanzadeh, Director General of Crisis Management in Hormozgan province, as saying that the rationalization of the explosion is stuff investigated. He said, "Those injured in the incident are stuff taken to the hospital and are receiving treatment."
Images shown on state television without the wham showed the building's exterior completely squandered off. Trash from the towers was scattered all around. Following the explosion, claims circulated on social media that the wade targeted a Revolutionary Guard naval commander, a requirement that state media denied.
This explosion in Iran comes at a very tense time. Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to wade Iran. The US has deployed its watercraft carrier group to the region. Immediately, speculation began on social media that the US and Israel were overdue the attack. However, these claims could not be confirmed.
How did the wham take place?
According to local media, the explosion was caused by a gas leak. Additionally, flipside explosion due to a gas leak occurred in Ahvaz, a municipality near the Iraqi border. A total of five people were killed in the two explosions, and increasingly than 14 were injured. Some reports have mentioned seven explosions. Equal to these reports, explosions occurred in Tehran, Bandar Abbas, Tabriz, Qom, Ahvaz, Natanz, and Parand. The Iranian government has not confirmed these reports.
Mohammad Amin Liyaqat, throne of the Iranian fire department, said in a statement to the Iranian news organ Mehr regarding the explosion in Bandar Abbas, "According to initial investigations, it has been unswayable that the explosion was caused by gas. My colleagues will provide increasingly information in the next few hours."
Several videos of the incident are stuff shared on social media. They show damaged cars standing in front of buildings reduced to rubble, damaged by the trash from the tabular structures. Reuters confirmed the location by analyzing the buildings, trees, and street layout, which matched satellite and file imagery. However, the stage of the video cannot be independently verified.
Following the news of the explosions in Iran, suspicion immediately fell on the United States and Israel. However, equal to a CNN report, US and Israeli officials have clarified that they had no involvement in these explosions.
