Blast Heard Near Iran’s Qeshm Island as Tehran Vows to Thwart Blockade

The sound of an explosion was heard from the direction of the sea near Qeshm Island in southern Iran, according to an Iranian report.

The report said the island itself had not been targeted. It did not identify the cause of the sound or give a precise location for the explosion.

The development came as Tehran vowed to thwart a blockade, while Trump asserted that oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz had returned to normal.

The information provided did not establish any connection between the reported explosion and the blockade. It also offered no independent confirmation of Trump’s assertion about shipping through the strait.