New explosions are heard in the eastern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, The Caspian Post reports, citing Al Jazeera.

The cause of the explosions remains unknown.

Air defences have been activated in Bandar Abbas, according to Tasnim news agency.

A new round of US strikes targeted Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island and Hajjiabad in the southern Hormozgan province near the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, with US CENTCOM saying it struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility at Iran’s Bandar Abbas Naval Base along the strait.