Iran has launched missiles and drones toward US targets in the region, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a Telegram post early Wednesday local time.
The statement came after the US said it was carrying out retaliatory strikes on Iran for the downing of a US Army helicopter. Explosions were heard in the Iranian cities of Sirik and Minab and on Qeshm Island, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported.
The governor of Minab clarified in a subsequent update that “no attack on the city has been reported,” according to Iran’s semi-official Mehr News Agency. Sounds of blasts heard in the inland city originated from the coastal strip bordering the Strait of Hormuz and not from Minab County itself, Mehr reported.
