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Massive Blaze Engulfs Tehran Refinery Just Hours After Sinking Of Iranian Warship
2021-06-02
Iranian fire trifecta is now in play!
[Zero Hedge] - A major oil refinery in Tehran is now engulfed in a huge blaze just hours after on Wednesday morning the Islamic Republic's largest warship caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Oman under mysterious circumstances.

Iranian state Tasnim news in a breaking report has identified it as the Shahid Tondguyan oil refinery, considered among the country's largest.

Coincidence? Or are we now witnessing a return to the summer of 2020 which saw tit-for-tat sabotage attacks on oil tankers, military and nuclear sites involving Israel and Iran?

The timing is also interesting given Iran and the West appear on the verge of completing a restored nuclear deal in Vienna, which means the US would drop sanctions and allow Iran to pursue 'peaceful nuclear energy' development. Israel has vowed to do everything to prevent such a deal which Tel Aviv sees as providing a path to nuclear weapons.

Multiple videos show a massive blaze in progress, billowing thick black smoke high over the Iranian capital...
Posted by:Raj

#24  LOL Touché
Posted by: Sheba Unoter4139   2021-06-02 22:43  

#23  Look, Up in the Sky! It’s a Bird 🐦 a Plane, ----no its an Iranian pilot ejecting for the sky...
roof included----ooops!
Posted by: Dr Daffy Ulolurt3392   2021-06-02 20:43  

#22  Well, the Persians are fire-worshippers... what's not to like?
Posted by: Fleatch Gurly-Brown8437   2021-06-02 20:04  

#21  Probably just electro-static discharge. It has been dry and windy in the ME lately.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-06-02 19:20  

#20  Did somebody piss off Alan again?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-06-02 19:04  

#19  1. Massive fire at Tehran refinery.

2. Iranian warship sank.

3. Iranian drone factory caught fire.

4. ????

Awwwwwwww - ain't that just too bad. :-D
Posted by: Barbara   2021-06-02 18:56  

#18  Apparently this is the day after a drone factory caught on fire. Such a run of bad luck...

Nice - trifecta is hit; should be good for a $75 payout on the $2 track wager. Wish I waited for the Belmont Stakes instead.
Posted by: Raj   2021-06-02 18:13  

#17  
Israeli forces are whistling:

Posted by: Clyde B. Hayes6283   2021-06-02 18:09  

#16  I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, you can't prove anything.


*whistles innocently*
Posted by: Halliburton Arson Division   2021-06-02 17:25  

#15  ^^^^
Allen did, he gave them you.
Posted by: Percy Ebbusoque1066   2021-06-02 16:55  

#14  It's those damn Israelis djinns again. Why doesn't Allah punish them?
Posted by: jpal   2021-06-02 16:52  

#13  "I knew we shouldn't have built that hanger over the well."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-06-02 15:39  

#12  What need of such things? There is no mention of them in the Koran.
Posted by: Cesare   2021-06-02 15:19  

#11  Weellllll ........... it must be bad "karma" to admit you (Iran) supplied Hamas with the 4,000 rockets they used to attack Israel with and then announce you plan to send them more....
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589   2021-06-02 15:06  

#10  and the 12th Imam was juuuuust a little bit too low to get out of the well *splunk*
Posted by: Frank G   2021-06-02 14:53  

#9  Apparently this is the day after a drone factory caught on fire. Such a run of bad luck...

Posted by: Steve White   2021-06-02 14:48  

#8  It seriously might just be inshallen maintenance.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2021-06-02 14:24  

#7  ^ :-)
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589   2021-06-02 13:44  

#6  #1 - 3. Why blame Israel - it's Ahura Mazda's purifying fire?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-06-02 13:39  

#5  Israel is on a tear this week.
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-06-02 13:25  

#4  The Turban Trick!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-06-02 13:25  

#3  

Israel Deadly Version of the Stealth US F35I
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589   2021-06-02 13:18  

#2  Israel's Stealth F35I Fighter Jets. Iran's worst nightmare?

(LINK)
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589   2021-06-02 13:00  

#1  That's a lot of bad luck all at the same time...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-06-02 12:53  

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