Reports of explosions emerged across parts of the Gulf on Saturday evening, including in Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, as regional tensions persisted despite earlier remarks from Iran’s president suggesting attacks in the area could stop.

In Bahrain, witnesses described hearing multiple loud blasts. It was not immediately known whether the sounds were caused by missiles striking targets or by air defense systems intercepting them.

Iran’s official Fars news agency reported that there were “massive explosions at US bases in Bahrain.”