An unexplained explosion occurred on the 31st (local time) in a building in Bandar Abbas, a southern Iranian port city, AFP reported, citing Iranian state media.
According to state television, the explosion took place in an eight-story building near Moallem Boulevard in Bandar Abbas, destroying two floors of the building as well as nearby shops and several vehicles. Rescue and fire crews were deployed to the scene and were working to clean up, according to reports.
Meanwhile, some social media users spread claims that the explosion was an attack targeting a commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, but Iran's Tasnim news agency denied the claim as "completely false," Reuters reported.
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