Public reports shared on social media since the morning of Saturday, 20 Tir 1405 said that multiple sounds of explosions were heard and smoke was observed in the vicinity of Pakdasht and Qiyamdasht, in the southeast of Tehran; a matter that, hours later, was accompanied by a reaction from local officials and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Users on social media in different parts of Tehran, including Pakdasht, Shahr Ray, Qiyamdasht, Parchin, Qarchak, Khavaran, and Pardis, had said they heard the sounds of these explosions and had even felt the resulting vibrations.