"At least one person was killed and 14 were injured in an explosion in the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, according to the Iranian news agency Tasnim. State television reported that the blast hit an eight-storey building, "destroying two floors, several vehicles, and shops" in the area of Moallem Boulevard in the city. Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted the crisis management director for Hormozgan province, Mehrdad Hassanzadeh, as saying the explosion's cause was under investigation."
"Following online rumors, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said none of the buildings belonging to its naval forces in the province were targeted, according to a statement carried by the Fars news agency. Separately, state-run Tehran Times reported that a gas explosion in the city of Ahvaz near the Iraqi border left four people dead. Two Israeli officials told Reuters that Israel was not involved in Saturday's blasts. The incidents came at a sensitive moment in relations between Washington and Tehran, after the US sent an aircraft carrier group into the area."
An explosion in Bandar Abbas killed at least one person and injured 14. The blast struck an eight-storey building on Moallem Boulevard, destroying two floors, several vehicles, and shops. Authorities say the cause of the explosion is under investigation. The IRGC denied that any buildings belonging to its naval forces in Hormozgan province were targeted. A separate gas explosion in Ahvaz near the Iraqi border killed four people. Two Israeli officials denied involvement in the blasts. The incidents coincided with heightened tensions after a US aircraft carrier group entered the region.
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