Fourteen people are reportedly injured after separate blasts were reported on Saturday.
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One person was killed and 14 injured in a blast at a residential building in the southern city of Bandar Abbas on the Gulf coast, a local official told Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency.
Another explosion killed four people in the south-western city of Ahvaz, the state-run Tehran Times reported.
It comes as tensions persist in the region after a build-up of US forces in the Gulf and pressure on Tehran to strike a deal on its nuclear programme from President Donald Trump.
Speaking to journalists while on his way to Florida on Saturday night, Trump was asked whether he had decided what to do in Iran and said "I certainly can't tell you that." But he added, reiterating comments made to Fox News earlier on Saturday, that Iran was "seriously" talking to Washington.
He said he hoped they would negotiate something acceptable, and noted that the US has "very big powerful ships" in the region.
Earlier, in the port city of Bandar Abbas, state TV said an explosion had ripped though an eight-floor building, "destroying two floors, several vehicles, and shops" in the Moallem Boulevard area.
The local fire department chief Mohammad Amin Liaqat said a preliminary assessment showed it had been caused by a gas leak and "build-up".
"My colleagues will give more details in the next few hours," he said in a video published by Mehr.
Mehrdad Hassanzadeh, a regional official, told the news agency that the injured had been taken to hospital.
Semi-official news agency Tasnim denied social media reports that a Revolutionary Guards Corps navy commander had been targeted in the blast.
Elsewhere, Tehran Times reported a second explosion at a residential building in the Kianshahr neighbourhood of Ahvaz, near the border with Iraq.
It reported that emergency officials had rescued a child trapped beneath debris and transferred him for medical treatment.
Speaking to Fox News on Saturday, Trump said Iran was
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