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Last Updated:April 26, 2025, 16:13 IST
A local crisis management official informed state TV that the incident resulted from the explosion of several containers stored in the Shahid Rajaee Port wharf area.
Large plume of smoke following explosion near Shahid Rajaee Port wharf area in Iran. (IMAGE: @globalbeaconn/X)
A large explosion rocked Shahid Rajaee port in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, with at least 47 people injured, according to Iranian state-run media outlets. The cause of the explosion remains unclear.
A semi-official Iranian news agency also said that authorities are concerned that there could be deaths given because of the number of port employees at work at the time of the explosion.
A local official told Iranian state-run news agencies that the blast occurred due to explosion of several containers stored in the Shahid Rajaee Port wharf area. The local crisis management official added that the injured are being evacuated and transferred to medical centres.
A separate report by Reuters highlighted that the blast occurred as Iran began a third round of nuclear talks with the United States in Oman.
Several videos of the blast have flooded social media. Some of them shared on X showed a mushroom cloud forming after the explosion.
A video shot from a dashcam claimed to catch one of the blasts. News18 could not independently verify the authenticity of the videos shared on these social media platforms.
Massive explosion reported in Bandar Abbas, Iran’s largest port city on the Gulf. Cause still unknown. The timing is suspicious, especially just a day after I pointed out it’s the only major Iranian city on the Gulf. Very curious developments today. pic.twitter.com/zQjRploYwr— Aimen Dean (@AimenDean) April 26, 2025
A report by the Fars news agency said that 47 people were injured, as per initial estimates.
Semi-official Tasnim news agency added that the port’s activities were suspended to extinguish the fire. Given the large number of port employees, “many people were probably injured or even killed in the incident."
The blast shattered windows within a radius of several kilometres, Iranian media said. Footage shared online showed
In 2020, computers at the same port were hit by a cyberattack that caused massive backups on waterways and roads leading to the facility. The Washington Post reported that Iran’s arch-foe Israel appeared to be behind that incident as retaliation for an earlier Iranian cyberattack.
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Tehran, Iran
First Published:April 26, 2025, 15:24 IST
News world 47 Injured, Several Feared Dead After Explosion Tears Through Iran’s Bandar Abbas Port
