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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EADaily, April 28th, 2025. Russia should take part in the investigation of the circumstances of the explosion in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, which is part of the North—South international transport corridor. The columnist writes about this Pravda.Ru Lyubov Stepushova.
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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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