Explosion heard on Iran’s Qeshm island

US-Israeli strikes on IranExplosion heard on Iran’s Qeshm island Earlier reports said multiple blasts were heard in the cities of Bushehr and AsaluyehTEHRAN, July 12. /TASS/. An explosion was heard on the Iranian island of Qeshm, the Mehr news agency reported. Earlier reports said multiple blasts were heard in the cities of Bushehr and Asaluyeh. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed earlier in the day that the US military had started another wave of strikes against targets in Iran after the Islamic Republic’s elite military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired shots at a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. 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