The explosion that occurred on Saturday in the largest commercial port of Iran left at least 70 people, according to a new assessment that continues to grow, pointed the Iranian Minister of the Interior on Monday, April 28, April 28. The previous assessment reported 65 dead.
More than forty-eight hours after the disaster, the gigantic fire seems to be in the process of being extinguished by the firefighters: “Fire control operations are almost completed”said Mehrdad Hassanzadeh, director of crisis management for the province of Hormozgan, on state television, in the evening.
The deflagration, heard tens of kilometers around, occurred on Saturday around a quay of the Chahid Rajai port, in the province of Hormozgan, where a fifth of world oil production transits and 85 % of goods in Iran.
Authorities have announced that more than a thousand people were injured. Most of them left the hospital after being treated there, according to Mehrdad Hassanzadeh, director of crisis management for the province of Hormozgan. Only “120 injured are still hospitalized”said the Minister of the Interior, Eskandar Momeni, visiting the region. “Some culprits have been identified and summoned (…). There have been breaches, including non-compliance with security measures and negligence ”he added.
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On Monday, firefighters were still trying to overcome the fire that has ravaged the site since Saturday. Thick black smoke continued to rise above the stacked containers, according to images of state television broadcast on Monday live on Monday. After controlling fire, “We will enter the site cleaning phase and damage assessment”said state television.
This strategic port is close to the big coastal city of Bandar-E Abbas (south), on the Strait of Ormuz, a thousand kilometers south of Tehran. The Ministry of Health called the 650,000 inhabitants of the city to stay at home “Until new order” Due to possible toxic smoke. A call for blood donations was launched for the injured.
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The cause of the explosion was not immediately determined, but the customs of the port reported that a fire in the storage of dangerous and chemical materials could be the reason. The Iranian supreme guide, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered the opening of an investigation into the incident to determine if the drama had been caused by a ” neglect “ or if he was “Intentional”.
The New York Timesquoting an anonymous source close to the guards of the Revolution, the ideological army of Iran, had previously affirmed that the explosion had been caused by sodium perchlorate, a substance entering the composition of solid fuel for missiles. The Ministry of Defense said there was “No cargo (…) for military use in the fire zone ” At the time of the explosion.
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According to the Washington PostIsrael had launched a cyber attack in 2020 against the Chahid Rajai port. The thesis of a sabotage has not yet been mentioned by Tehran for the explosion on Saturday. The explosion coincided with Oman’s holding of crucial talks on the Tehran nuclear program between Iran and the United States, enemies for four decades.
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