The explosions began sometime after nightfall on Thursday. Residents of Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Sirik, and Minab reported hearing enormous blasts and the sustained crackle of anti-aircraft fire. In Tehran, the state news agency IRNA confirmed that “after two enormous blasts, continuous anti-aircraft fire was heard for several minutes in western Tehran.” By morning, the world was debating whether a ceasefire that had held for four weeks was still alive, and each side was telling a completely different story about what had happened.
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The explosions began sometime after nightfall on Thursday. Residents of Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Sirik, and Minab reported hearing enormous blasts and the sustained crackle of anti-aircraft fire. In Tehran, the state news agency IRNA confirmed that “after two enormous blasts, continuous anti-aircraft fire was heard for several minutes in western Tehran.” By morning, the world was debating whether a ceasefire that had held for four weeks was still alive, and each side was telling a completely different story about what had happened.