At least 40 killed in Iran port explosion

이란 항구 폭발 사상자 '눈덩이' 최소 40명 사망•1천명 부상

A deadly explosion at a port in Iran on Saturday killed dozens, and left over a thousand others injured.
Reports point to the possibility of chemicals used to make missile propellant being behind the explosion.
Lee Seung-jae has more.

A massive explosion at the port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday killed at least forty people,.. and left at least a thousand others injured.
According to eyewitnesses and surveillance footage,.. chemicals in an area with shipping containers caught fire, setting off the massive explosion.
According to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency, quoting an Iranian official,.. the explosion was likely due to containers of chemicals, but the official did not elaborate on what type of chemical.
Iran's national oil company also explained that the explosion was "not related to refineries, fuel tanks, or oil pipelines" in the area.
The deadly explosion on Saturday was also a grim reminder of another massive explosion in Beirut nearly five years ago.
The similarity in the smoke created from the blast also shed light on what type of chemical could have been involved.
Video and images from CNN showed orange-brown smoke rising from the port, suggesting that a chemical such as sodium or ammonia was involved.
The New York Times also reported on Sunday, that a person with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said what exploded in the incident was sodium perchlorate, a major ingredient in solid fuel for missiles.
Other experts have said that ammonium nitrate was behind the deadly blast, the same chemical involved in the 2020 Beirut explosion.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.

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2025-04-28, 10:00 (KST)

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