Explosions reported on Iran's Qeshm Island after US defensive strikes in Strait of Hormuz
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Al Jazeera reported that several explosions were heard late Monday on Iran’s Qeshm Island and in the port city of Bandar Lengeh, coinciding with US media reports that the US military conducted defensive strikes against Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz. US officials cited by the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and Fox News said the strikes targeted Iranian surface-to-air missile systems after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired at a US aircraft and claimed to have downed a US MQ-9 drone. No immediate comment came from authorities in either country. [1]
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