Explosions reported in Iran’s Bandar Abbas as Tehran launches new missiles toward Israel
Tehran: Massive explosions were reported in Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Thursday. The blasts occurred near Bandar-e Bahonar in the First Naval Zone of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, close to the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Iran also reported a fresh wave of strikes beginning around midnight with loud explosions in eastern Tehran. Shockwaves were felt across parts of the capital, though the exact targets were not immediately clear, according to a report published by The Sunday Guardian.
Overnight strikes were also reported in the Kurdish cities of Sanandaj, Saqqez and Bukan. Iranian authorities have confirmed more than 150 cities across the country have been attacked since Saturday.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had launched a 19th wave of retaliatory attacks targeting Israel and US bases in the region, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
Iran launched a new round of missiles toward Israel on Thursday, according to the Israeli military and Iranian state media. Air raid alerts were issued in several areas including Tel Aviv. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
“The Israeli Air Force has identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel,” the military said, adding that air defence systems were operating to intercept the threat.
Iran’s state broadcaster Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting also confirmed the missile launches.
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Trump’s fresh threat to bomb Iran amid reports of deal to end war
Washington (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Iran with more bombing if it doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz, amid a report that the warring sides were nearing an agreement to end the war.
US media outlet Axios reported, quoting US officials and two other sources, that the US and Iran were getting close to a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations.
The US expects Iranian responses on several key points over the next 48 hours, Axios reported, adding that nothing has been agreed yet. This was the closest the parties had been to an agreement since the war began.
"Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
"If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before," Trump said.
According to Axios, the deal would involve Iran committing to a moratorium on nuclear enrichment, the US agreeing to lift its sanctions and release billions in frozen Iranian funds, and both sides lifting restrictions around transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
It said many of the terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached, leaving the possibility of renewed war or an extended limbo in which the hot war has stopped, but nothing is truly resolved.
