A child died and 14 other people were injured after an explosion hit a residential building this Saturday, 31, in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas. The explosion occurred a day before a naval exercise planned by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, a passage from the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all oil traded in the world passes.
The US military has previously warned Iran not to threaten its warships or commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, where Bandar Abbas is located. Iranian state television cited a local fire official who attributed the explosion to a gas leak.
Another explosion, also blamed on a gas leak in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, killed five people, according to state media.
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The explosions occurred amid escalating tensions between Iran and the United States. American President Donald Trump has threatened to launch a military attack on the country in response to the death of peaceful protesters or the possible mass execution of citizens detained in recent Iranian demonstrations.
Ali Larijani, a security official in Iran, wrote on social media site X that “structural arrangements for negotiations are progressing.” However, there is no public sign of talks with the United States, which has been repeatedly ruled out by Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Source: Associated Press
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