The massive explosion in the Iranian port connected to the bracket for a rocket kills 5, injures over 700 star-news.press/wp

Muscat, Oman – a mass explosion and fire rocked Luka on Saturday in southern Iran allegedly connected to the consignment of the chemical ingredient used to make rocket fuels, killing five people and injuries more than 700 others.

Mehrdad Hasanzadeh, Provincial Disaster Management Officer, gave an updated character for accidents in the interview at state television. The previous cestar was four dead and more than 500 others injured.

Explosion in the port of Shahid Rajaei happened as Iran, and the United States in Oman in Oman in the third round negotiations for the nuclear program progresses Tehran quickly.

Although no one in Iranish suggests that the explosion came from the attack, even Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who had admitted that “our security services are in a high warning, given the last instance of attempts to cause a legitimate response.”

The connection was reportedly obtained by mechanical fuel chemicals

For hours, authorities in Iran offered a clear explanation for what caused an explosion in the port, and that is only outside Bandar Abbas, although they denied that the explosion has any matters with oil in the country.

However, Luke took over the shipment of “Sodium-Perchloort Missile Fuels”, “Fuel is a part of the consignment in Iran, the first to replenish the Iranian rocket.

“Fire, allegedly, the result of improper handling of solid fuel consignment intended for use in Iranian ballistic missiles,” Ambrey said.

Ship monitoring data analyzed with associated prints put one of the vessels believed to be caused nearby nearby, as Ambrey said. Iran did not recognize the consignment. The Iranian mission in the United Nations did not immediately answer the request for comment on Saturday.

It is unclear why Iran would not move chemicals from the harbor, especially after the explosion of the port Beirut in 2020. years. Years. This explosion, caused by burning hundreds of tons of high explosive ammonic nitrate, killed more than 200 people and injured more than 6,000 others. However, Israel aimed for Iranian rockets in which Tehran uses industrial mixers to create solid fuel.

Social media recordings of the explosion on Saturday in Shahid Rajaei have seen smoke for reddish-perfecting smoke from fire just before detonation. This suggests that the chemical joint is included in the explosion.

“Come back! Tell Gas (truck) to go!” The man in one video shouted immediately before the explosion. “Tell him he’s going, he’ll be breathing! Oh God, this is blowing! All evacuates! Come back! Come back!

On Saturday night, the Irna State News Agency said that the Customs Administration Iran Wraps “the stocks of dangerous goods and chemical materials stored in the port” for explosion, without elaboration.

Luka Main destination for Iranian Cargo

Shahid Rajaei was a target before. Cyberattatt 2020 Cyberattack credited to Israel. It came after Israel said he hidden cyberattack that targeted her water infrastructure, which is attributed to Iran.

The social media video showed a black smoke for charging after the explosion. Others showed the glass exhausted from building miles, or miles, away from the epicenter of the explosion. State media recordings showed an injured crowd in at least one hospital, and ambulance incoming as doctors per chase one person.

Hasanzadeh, Provincial Disaster Management Officer, previously told state television that the explosion came from the container in the port of Shahid Rajaei in the city, without elaboration. State television also reported that there was a ruination of buildings caused by an explosion, although further details were not offered.

The Ministry of the Interior said that he initiated an investigation into the explosion. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian also offered sympathy for those affected in the explosion.

Shahid Rajaei in the province of Hormozgan is about 650 miles southeast of Iran, Tehran, to the Grand of Hormuz, narrow estuary of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of all trafficked oils.