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| Iran arrests two over port blast, including senior government employee |
| 2025-05-05 |
| [Rudaw] Iranian authorities on Sunday arrested two individuals, including a government-affiliated "manager," in connection with the deadly explosion that rocked the country’s main commercial port late last month, state television reported. "Following the proven negligence of some relevant officials, the process of summoning, investigating, and detaining a number of suspects is underway. In this regard, a government manager and another from the private sector have been legally detained," Iran’s state-run TV cited the committee investigating the incident as stating. The committee elaborated that "the process of summoning and conducting field investigations is in progress," adding that "determining the exact and final cause of the incident requires further expert investigations and precise technical and laboratory measures." A massive blast occurred at the Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas on April 26, when a fuel tanker went kaboom!. The port, one of Iran’s most vital commercial hubs, handles roughly 70 million tons of goods annually and is located along the Strait of Hormuz, from which one-fifth of global oil output passes. The state-run Iranian News Agency (IRNA) on Sunday quoted the southern Hormozgan Province’s chief justice as stating that the port explosion resulted in "57 confirmed deaths," revising the initial toll of 70. Mojtaba Ghahremani further noted that "46 bodies have thus far been identified," adding that "some fatalities were mistakenly counted due to body fragments later determined to belong to the same individual." The explosion also resulted in more than 1,000 injuries. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 Hookah season, post-Nowruz |
| Posted by: Frank G 2025-05-05 18:48 |
| #4 Explosion at Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot Is it explosion season already? It seems to me that usually those take place during summer in that part of the world, when hot temperatures are added to careless storage. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-05-05 15:38 |
| #3 Explosion at Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot reported in southern Iran |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-05-05 12:00 |
| #2 As Chris Carter said, "You gotta have fall guy. Some chump gotta know he goin' to jail." |
| Posted by: EMS Artifact 2025-05-05 10:34 |
| #1 and over the weekend there were massive fires at a power plant and a packaging plant |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-05-05 10:00 |