Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
A massive explosion and fire has rocked a port in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant. A disaster official told Iranian state media that the blast on Saturday killed five people and injured more than 700 others. The Associated Press' Jon Gambrell explains.
A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing 14 people and injuring around 750 others. Helicopters and aircraft dumped water from the air on the raging fire through the night into Sunday morning at the Shahid Rajaei port.
This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows the epicenter of an explosion at the Shahid Rajaei port near Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, April 28, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
CORRECTS DAY TO WEDNESDAY NOT MONDAY This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows the epicenter of an explosion before it happened at the Shahid Rajaei port near Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, smoke rises in the sky on Sunday, April 27, 2025 after a massive explosion and fire rocked a port near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Saturday. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
