An explosion occurred in the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas

An explosion occurred in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on January 31. This was reported by the ISNA news agency.

"The reason for the terrible noise in Bandar Abbas was an explosion in an apartment building," the ISNA news agency wrote on its Telegram channel.

There is no information about the victims. It is noted that the target could allegedly be the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Majid Mousavi, but the Iranian media denied these assumptions.

The Middle East is on edge: what will the escalation between the United States and Iran lead to?

Experts consider the risk of a large-scale escalation to be extremely high

Earlier in the day, The Wall Street Journal newspaper wrote that the Pentagon and the White House had developed joint plans for a military attack against Iran on the instructions of US President Donald Trump. The newspaper notes that among the submitted plans is the so-called grand plan, which includes attacks on government institutions and facilities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as part of a large-scale bombing operation.

All important news is on the Izvestia channel in the MAX messenger.