{"id":63775,"date":"2026-02-04T23:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/at-least-1-killed-in-iranian-port-city-blast-ahead-of-irans-naval-drill-in-the-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T23:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:12:08","slug":"at-least-1-killed-in-iranian-port-city-blast-ahead-of-irans-naval-drill-in-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/at-least-1-killed-in-iranian-port-city-blast-ahead-of-irans-naval-drill-in-the-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 1 killed in Iranian port city blast ahead of Iran&#8217;s naval drill in the Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>One day before a planned naval drill by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, an explosion tore through an apartment building Saturday in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, which sits on the strait. <\/p>\n<p>The blast killed a 4-year-old girl as local media footage purportedly showed a security force member being carried out by rescuers. <\/p>\n<p>Iran is planning a naval drill Sunday and Monday in the strait, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-seizes-oil-tanker-strait-of-hormuz-first-attack-shipping-in-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the narrow mouth<\/a><\/span> of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all oil traded passes. The U.S. military has warned Iran not to threaten its warships or commercial traffic in the strait. <\/p>\n<p>State television quoted a local fire official as blaming the blast on a gas leak. Media reported at least 14 others injured in the explosion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/01\/851d757c-a01b-4176-9ac0-444287353f15\/thumbnail\/620x413\/50fe4004076c33f7e2c79296bdeae2af\/ap26031705493921.jpg#\" alt=\"Iran port city explosion \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/01\/851d757c-a01b-4176-9ac0-444287353f15\/thumbnail\/620x413\/50fe4004076c33f7e2c79296bdeae2af\/ap26031705493921.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/01\/851d757c-a01b-4176-9ac0-444287353f15\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/0a3aa4eb5fdd18e82b0e67aea8aac7ea\/ap26031705493921.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An apartment building is seen after an explosion in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Jan. 31, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Amirhosein Khorgooi\/ISNA via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A local newspaper, Sobh-e Sahel, aired footage of a correspondent speaking in front of the building. The footage included a sequence that showed a man in a green security force uniform being carried out on a stretcher. He wore a neck brace and appeared to be in pain, his left hand covering the branch insignia on his uniform.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation inject-freepress \">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The newspaper did not acknowledge the security force member being carried out elsewhere in its reporting. Iran&#8217;s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard did not discuss the blast, other than to deny that a Guard navy commander had been hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Another explosion blamed on a gas explosion Saturday in the southwestern city of Ahvaz killed five people, state media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Iran remains tense <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-trump-us-war-threats-fuel-anxiety-in-tehran-and-israel\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">over a threat by President Trump<\/a><\/span> to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-threat-iran-attack-if-no-nuclear-deal\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">potentially launch<\/a><\/span> a military strike on the country over the killing of peaceful protesters or the possible mass execution of those detained in a major crackdown over the demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JenniferJJacobs\/status\/2017038142931411023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to CBS News Thursday night<\/a>\u00a0on the red carpet of the &#8220;Melania&#8221; premiere \u2014 the documentary that provides an inside look at the life of first lady Melania Trump in the days following her husband&#8217;s 2024 election victory \u2014 Mr. Trump said &#8220;I have had&#8221; conversations with Iran in the last few days, and &#8220;I am planning&#8221; to have more.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump said that, in those conversations, he &#8220;told them two things. No. 1, no nuclear. And No. 2, stop killing protesters. They&#8217;re killing them by the thousands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At least 10 U.S. warships \u2014 including an aircraft carrier and at least five destroyers \u2014 were heading toward Iran&#8217;s coastal waters on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a lot of very big, very powerful ships sailing to Iran right now,&#8221; Mr. Trump told CBS News Thursday. &#8220;And it would be great if we didn&#8217;t have to use them.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ali Larijani, a top security official in Iran, wrote on X late Saturday that &#8220;structural arrangements for negotiations are progressing.&#8221; CBS News on Friday sought clarification from the White House about any ongoing direct negotiations between the Trump administration and Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Saturday called for de-escalation and said Egypt is working to bring the U.S. and Iran to the negotiating table to achieve a &#8220;peaceful and comprehensive settlement to the Iranian nuclear file,&#8221; according 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