On the evening of July 9 local time, explosions were reported across multiple Iranian cities — southern coastal Bushehr, Choghadak and Bandar Abbas, and southeast coastal Konarak. Axios reported US officials said US forces were not involved. About an hour later Iranian state media denied the attack reports, saying the blasts were caused by the activation of air-defence systems. CNN confirmed the US had not struck Iran an hour earlier. US forces had earlier conducted strikes over two consecutive

On the evening of July 9 local time, explosions were reported across multiple Iranian cities — southern coastal Bushehr, Choghadak and Bandar Abbas, and southeast coastal Konarak. Axios reported US officials said US forces were not involved. About an hour later Iranian state media denied the attack reports, saying the blasts were caused by the activation of air-defence systems. CNN confirmed the US had not struck Iran an hour earlier. US forces had earlier conducted strikes over two consecutive days, hitting about 170 military targets.