At least 40 people were killed and 800 people were injured as a result of a major explosion in the port of Shahid Rajai, near Bandar Abbas, in southern Iran, on Saturday.
The government media supplied the victims, saying that the authorities only confessed to 10 dead and eight men and women.
It was also reported that the fire was controlled and will be extinguished soon. It was also reported that the activities in the port have been resumed, and the discharge of the trading ship contains.
The impact of the explosion on the offices belonging to the port, and its intensity was sufficient to cause vibrations in nearby cities. The explosion also took out the cup of buildings a few kilometers from the scene.
Government television also stated that the collapse of the building had occurred as a result of the explosion, although there are no additional details.
Local authorities have warned of air pollution by chemicals such as ammonia, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. As a measure of the school in Bandar, Abbas will remain closed.
The explosion occurred in the port on Saturday when Iran and the United States of America met in Amman In the third round of negotiations on the fast nuclear nuclear program in Tehran.
What caused the explosion?
The CEO of crisis management in Khormuzjan, which includes Bandar Abbas, said the cause of the explosion is still unknown.
IRNA State Information Agency said on Saturday that the Iranian Customs Ministry accused the explosion of “a stock of dangerous goods and chemicals stored in the port area.”
Ambrey Private Security Company stated that in March, the port adopted a party of “sodium Perlores”, which was supposed to be used to renew Iranian missile reserves.
The company said: “According to reports, the fire arose as a result of the incorrect dealing of a fuel batch dedicated to use in Iranian ballistic missiles,” the company said.
Iranian officials did not realize the fact that the goods were received.
No person in Iran was directly suggested that the explosion occurred as a result of an attack. However, even Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi, who chaired negotiations, admitted on Wednesday that “our security services are in a state of increased preparation, taking into account the previous cases of vandalism attempts and killings that aim to respond to a legal response.”
Videos on social networks showed how reddish smoke rises from the fire before the bombing, indicating that the explosion can participate in a chemical compound similar to the explosion in Beirut in 2020. Fill the black smoke of the sky after the explosion. Other videos show how glasses fly from buildings a few kilometers from the explosion center.
Port Shahid -Rajai is a great object to transport containers to the Islamic Republic, which treats about 72.5 million metric tons of goods annually.
The Ministry of Interior said that the investigation of the explosion started. Iranian President Masoud Sezchin also expressed his condolences to the families of the dead.