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At least 14 18 25 killed, 700 750 injured in Iran''s port explosion: state media
2025-04-27
[GEO.TV] A huge blast probably caused by the earth-shattering kaboom of chemical materials killed at least 14 people and injured more than 700 on Saturday at Iran's biggest port, Bandar Abbas, Iranian state media reported.
Both numbers will no doubt increase. But it is as Allah wills — he must not like y’all much, after all.
The explosion, which hit the Shahid Rajaee section of the port, occurred as Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
began a third round of nuclear talks with the United States in Oman, but there was no indication of a link between the two events.

Hossein Zafari, a spokesperson for Iran's crisis management organization, appeared to blame the earth-shattering kaboom on poor storage of chemicals in containers at Shahid Rajaee.

"The cause of the earth-shattering kaboom was the chemicals inside the containers," he told Iran's ILNA news agency.

"Previously, the Director General of Crisis Management had given warnings to this port during their visits and had pointed out the possibility of danger," Zafari said.

However,
a lie repeated often enough remains a lie...
an Iranian government spokesperson said that although chemicals had likely caused the blast, it was not yet possible to determine the exact reason.
"It was exciting, however"
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered an investigation of the incident and sent to the site his interior minister, who said efforts were still continuing to extinguish the fire and prevent it from spreading to other areas.

Iran's official news channels aired footage of a vast black and orange cloud of smoke billowing up above the port in the aftermath of the blast, and an office building with its doors blown off and papers and debris strewn around.

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The Times of Israel says 18 dead, 750 wounded, then overnight posted that the death toll increased to 25
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Posted by:Fred

#4  Iran Explosion Caused by Missile Fuel Supplied by China: Report
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-04-27 15:41  

#3  Based on the color of the explosions and fires that I've seen in videos, Chinese rocket propellant was probably involved.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2025-04-27 12:24  

#2  Elsewhere I've read that 80% of their sea imports come came through that port. Nice economy ya had there, shame about it.
Posted by: Frank G   2025-04-27 09:34  

#1  After fire was put out..now secondary fires have started. link
Posted by: 3dc   2025-04-27 06:30  

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