Shadow War or Infrastructure Collapse?

The most prominent explosion occurred on Saturday, January 31, 2026, in the critical port city of Bandar Abbas. Located on the Strait of Hormuz—a narrow waterway through which approximately one-fifth of the world’s seaborne oil passes—Bandar Abbas is home to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy headquarters. The blast tore through an eight-story residential building, killing a four-year-old girl and injuring 14 others. Video footage of the aftermath showed a building with its façade blown out, debris littering the streets, and several vehicles crushed by falling concrete, illustrating the sheer force of the detonation.