At the same time as reports of successive explosions in Qashm, the Fars news agency published photos of a Revolutionary Guards missile passing in the sky over Bandar Abbas. On Saturday night, following reports of successive explosions heard in the southern regions of Iran, the local media such as Fars and Tasnim denied any missile attack or attack on Kashem, claiming that these sounds are related to "the management of the Strait of Hormuz. On the other hand, the Iranian Broadcasting Authority confirmed that "terrible explosions" were heard not only in Kashem, but also in Jask, Sirik and Bandar Abbas, and said in the report that the exact nature of the sounds is still unknown, but "as in previous nights, it may be due to the actions of the Iranian government in the Strait of Hormuz and the actions of the armed forces to repel ships that intended to pass through non-Iranian routes.