At the same time as several explosions were heard in southern Iran, the "Tasnim" news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported on Sunday night, quoting an informed source: "The sound of three shots was heard from the Sirik area towards the Strait of Hormuz." Sadabasima also announced in the report that these shots "are related to the collision with the vessels that are hitting the Strait of Hormuz." Earlier, some local news agencies such as Fars and IRNA reported that four explosions were heard in Kashem and Bandar Abbas islands and it appeared that "points of this island were hit". Meanwhile, the Khuzestan governor's deputy for security and law enforcement denied the explosion at the port of Mehshar and said: "The sound heard in some areas of this city was caused by the explosion of two electrical transformers." According to Mahar, following this incident, the electricity was cut off in part of the industrial area of Mashahar.