No casualties were reported, according to the security directorate.

Additionally, residents in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm, and Sirik reported hearing explosions around 4 a.m. local time, several hours after the reported explosions in the Biban region.

Provincial authorities later confirmed the sounds were caused by air defenses intercepting small drones and reconnaissance drones, according to the Students News Network, adding that no impact, damage, or explosion had occurred.

Residents in southern Iran reported hearing explosions early Tuesday morning, as air defense systems were activated across key coastal region, according to local sources and official statements.

Witnesses in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm, and Sirik said blasts occurred around 4 a.m. local time, several hours after earlier reported activity in the Biban region, a contested area linked to Iranian Kurdish oppositions.

According to the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Security Directorate, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted a targeted drone strike on the Surdash camp in the Biban region. The area is known to host families of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups.

The statement indicated that two drones were used in the strike. No casualties were reported.

In the ساعات that followed, Iranian provincial authorities clarified that the explosions heard in the south were not the result of direct strikes, but rather defensive interceptions. Air defense systems successfully engaged what were described as small drones and reconnaissance UAVs.

State-affiliated Students News Network reported that no impact sites, damage, or secondary explosions were recorded, reinforcing official claims that the aerial threats were neutralized before reaching their targets.

The sequence of events highlights a growing pattern of low-intensity drone activity and rapid-response air defense measures across Iran’s southern corridor—an area of heightened strategic importance due to its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz.

While the absence of casualties suggests limited immediate escalation, the dual occurance of offensive and defensive drone operations within hours underscores the fragile and increasingly complex security environment spanning Iran’s inside and its Kurdish periphery.