US EditionIran's president visits those injured in the port explosion that killed at least 40 people
- A massive explosion in Iran's largest commercial port, Bandar Abbas, has killed at least 40 people and injured over 1,200, according to state media reports.
- The explosion, likely caused by mishandled chemical materials linked to missile fuel shipments from China, sent a shock wave for several miles and was heard in Qeshm Island.
- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian visited the injured after the incident, which coincided with nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States in Oman.
- Iran's government has not confirmed the exact cause of the explosion, but experts suggest mishandled chemicals may have been involved.
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Iran minister blames ‘negligence’ for port blast that killed 65
TEHRAN: Iran’s interior minister on Monday blamed “negligence” for a massive explosion that killed 65 people at the country’s largest commercial port, with firefighters still battling a blaze at the facility two days later. The blast occurred on Saturday at the Shahid Rajaee Port in Iran’s south, near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a waterway through which one-fifth of global
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