JERUSALEM, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Israel's leading media outlets quoted senior Israeli officials as saying that Israel was not involved in a series of explosions in Iran on Saturday.
An Israeli security senior official told state-owned Kan TV News that Israel was not involved in the explosions, saying that "We are monitoring, it is not ours or from us. We also do not know of an American attack, and it is not clear what the source is."
According to Israel's Channel 12 News, the Israeli security establishment believes that the explosions in Iran were likely caused by an "internal incident," as there is no known American or Israeli activity at this time.
According to Channel 13 News, "Israeli officials denied that this was an Israeli or American action, and believe that this is an internal incident."
Israel has not yet issued an official statement regarding the explosions in Iran.
On Saturday, Iran was hit by multiple explosions, with at least five people reportedly killed.
The semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that at least one person was killed and 14 others wounded in an explosion at an eight-story residential building in Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday afternoon.
Also on Saturday, at least four people were killed in a gas explosion at a residential building in Ahvaz in Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan.
Also on Saturday, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps roundly rejected rumors of the assassination of its Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri. ■
