The explosion rocked Shahid Rajaee, the country’s largest commercial port, with the cause of the incident not immediately known.
At least eight people were killed and more than 700 injured in a massive explosion at the Port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran on Saturday, local media reported, citing local officials.
The port is located around 23km west of Bandar Abbas and immediately to the north of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which around a fifth of global oil output flows. The facility is Iran’s largest commercial port.
Videos circulating online suggest the blast was preceded by a smaller explosion that sparked a fire at the port. They show a large column of smoke and dust towering above the port.
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The blast left the port’s structures badly damaged, with multiple buildings partially collapsed, videos show.
Footage captures the aftermath and destruction caused close to the initial explosion site of the Bandar Abbas Blast.
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The cause of the blast was not immediately known, with Iranian media providing conflicting accounts of the incident from local officials. Some reports suggest the initial blast occurred at an administrative building, while others indicate that a gas tanker may have exploded at the port. Some, however, suggest that the epicenter was located at the freight container stockpile.
“The source of this incident was the explosion of several containers stored in the Shahid Rajaee Port wharf area. We are currently evacuating and transferring the injured to medical centers,” a local crisis management official said.
Anyone want to hazard a guess who might be behind this? (yes I’m being rhetorical).
You mean the same small-hatters who stored Ammonium Nitrate at the Port of Beirut?
More than likely, a container made it into Iran’s port, and was loaded with high explosives, and remotely detonated, similar to the pagers and cell phones…!
Yes the Satan worshippers stirring the pot for world war three. An assassination in Russia, now this.
I’d say a shipment of missiles on their way to the Houthis no doubt going up in flames… I’d say they got discovered…
Strange how we all think alike…
And since we all think alike, maybe we all should flush the Uni-Party in the next (s)election, and then we can run for political office.
That way, we can put a stop to all of this silly horseshit, and restore our country!
We could then declare Armed Neutrality, restore our monetary system back to the NZ Treasury, and minimise the Zionist influences here that are supporting genocide, war crimes, and Holodomors, and then lift the sanctions on Russia!
While the Zionists wage war, we’ll wage business with our Free Trade Partners, with minimum tariffs, and a 2% flat tax on everything except the GRI, Sickness benefits and produce food.