India, Nov. 3 -- Multiple explosions were heard on Iran's southern Qeshm Island and in Bandar Lengeh on Monday amid escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington, local media reports said.

There was no immediate official confirmation regarding the cause of the explosions or reports of casualties.

Mehr also reported that explosions were heard in the waters off Bandar Lengeh in southern Iran.

The explosions came after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force claimed to have downed two US MQM-170 reconnaissance drones south of Qeshm Island using electronic warfare systems, Mehr reported.

The US military carried out limited strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island on Monday, three US officials told CNN.

One official told th...