Explosions at two Iranian cities amid rising tensions with US

At least one person was killed and 14 injured in an explosion in the ⁠southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, a local official told Iranian news agencies, but the cause of the blast was not known. Separately, four people were killed after a gas explosion in the city of Ahvaz near the Iraqi border, according to state-run Tehran Times. The blasts come at a tense time after a major US military deployment to the region.