American Strikes Hit Iran’s Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island After Iranian Missile Fire

Explosions were reported in Iran’s Bandar Abbas and on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with Iranian state television saying the Qeshm blast occurred at Bahman Pier.

An Anadolu Ajansı report, citing Iranian television and a military official, said that after an American attack on an Iranian oil tanker, “hostile units in the Hormuz Strait region came under Iranian missile fire.”

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Israel denied any involvement in the explosions heard in Bandar Abbas near the Hormuz Strait, according to Anadolu Ajansı.

The Anadolu Ajansı account also said Iranian authorities had not yet announced details about the size or causes of the explosions, while Israeli officials told Channel 12 that Tel Aviv had no connection to the events.

In parallel, Daily Sabah said Iran accused the United States of violating a cease-fire after alleged strikes on two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and attacks targeting civilian areas along the coasts of Bandar Khamir, Sirik, and Qeshm Island.

Iran’s state television, as quoted by Euronews, reported that forces of the Islamic Republic fired missiles after an American attack on an oil tanker, and said enemy units were “forced to flee after sustaining damage.”

Euronews also reported that Israel’s Channel 15 quoted an official saying that “Israel has no involvement in the events that took place tonight in Iran.”

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Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin, writing on X, claimed that the U.S. military carried out strikes on the port of Qeshm and Bandar Abbas moments ago, while adding that it was not a restarting of the war or end to the ceasefire.

Daily Sabah said Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters spokesperson described U.S. targeting of “an Iranian oil tanker traveling from Iran's coastal waters near Jask toward the Strait of Hormuz,” and another vessel entering the Strait of Hormuz near the Emirati port of Fujairah.

The War Zone said Iranian FARS investigations in Bandar Abbas claimed that during an exchange of fire between Iranian armed forces and the enemy, parts of the commercial area of Bahman Qeshm pier were targeted, without saying who launched the attack.

The dispute over whether the ceasefire still holds ran through the reporting, with Euronews saying an American official added that the strikes “do not represent a resumption of the war.”

“Explosions in Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island in Iran; Israel denies any involvement”

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Axios, as referenced by Euronews, reported that the United States was awaiting a response from Tehran within the next 48 hours, confirming an approaching deadline for an American threat amid American indicators of progress in the nuclear negotiation track.

In Iran, the Khatam al-Anbiya joint military headquarters said the United States violated the cease-fire by targeting an Iranian oil tanker and another vessel, while Tehran’s state media reported explosions heard on Qeshm Island and in the city of Bandar Abbas.

The War Zone framed the moment as coming during ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations to end the war “during a fragile ceasefire that would be further imperiled by a new round of fighting.”

TRT World reported that Tasnim said some sources linked explosion sounds in Bandar Abbas to a defensive response against two small aircraft and alleged hostile activity at Bahman Pier on Qeshm, while warning that if the UAE’s involvement was confirmed, the UAE would “pay the price for its hostile action.”