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File photo: A BlackSky Gen-3 satellite image with AI-based analysis highlighting various military vessels and submarines in the port of Bandar Abbas, Iran, taken on March 30, 2025. © AP archives
An explosion at a building in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday killed at least one person and injured 14, a local official told Iranian news agencies. The cause of the blast, which came at a tense time after a major US military deployment to the region, was not yet known. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Yesterday's key events:
- US President Donald Trump said Friday he believed Iran wanted to make a deal to avoid military action, warning that the US "armada" heading for the region was bigger than the one he dispatched to topple Venezuela's leader.
- Iran's top diplomatsaid Tehran was ready for talks but that its defence capabilities would "never" be on the negotiating table.
- Iran plans to designate the armed forces of European Union countries that have blacklisted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as "terrorists", a top Iranian security said.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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