A blast ripped through a building in the Iranian southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, state media reported.
The cause of the explosion, which killed a young girl, was not immediately clear. The Iranian state-affiliated Fars News Agency denied rumors it said had been circulating for hours that Brigadier General Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, had been assassinated.
The blast comes amid heightened tensions in the region following recent warnings by US President Donald Trump of possible military action against Iran.
A US official told CNN the explosion was not related to any US military action, and an Israeli official said…