Two people, including an Iranian government official, were arrested after an explosion that killed dozens on April 26 in the largest commercial port in Iran, national television announced on Sunday.
The deflagration, heard tens of kilometers around, occurred on a quay in the port of Shahid Rajaï, in southern Iran, where a fifth of world oil production and 85% of goods in Iran pass.
“A government manager and another in the private sector have been arrested” on the orders of justice, said television, citing a report by the government’s investigation committee.
On Sunday, local justice, quoted by television, reported an assessment of 57 deaths, when the authorities had previously announced the death of 70 people in the explosion.
“After genetic tests, it was determined that some of the bodies considered to be separated were in fact one body,” said local justice.
According to the authorities, more than 1,000 people were injured in the explosion, attributed to “non-compliance with security measures” and “neglect”.
The local red crescent announced the end of the research operation on Saturday night, according to the official IRNA agency.
On Monday, the investigation committee announced that “false statements [de marchandises] were made “and that the authorities sought” to identify the perpetrators “.
He announced on Sunday that “the accused were identified” and that “the convening process is underway” for “the question of false declarations”, without providing more details.
The New York Timesciting an anonymous source close to the guards of the revolution, the ideological army of Iran, said that the explosion had been caused by sodium perchlorate, a substance entering the composition of solid fuel for missiles.
The Iranian Defense Ministry said there was “no cargo […] For military use in the fire zone “at the time of the explosion.
The Shahid Rajai strategic port is close to the big coastal city of Bandar Abbas, on the Strait of Ormuz, a thousand kilometers from Tehran.
