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Monday, April 28, 2025
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Monday, April 28, 2025
Death toll rises to 65 in Iran port explosion as fire still blazes
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Red Crescent on April 28, 2025, shows thick black smoke billowing at the scene of a massive explosion two days earlier at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. (Iranian Red Crescent / AFP)
A huge explosion at Iran’s largest commercial port has killed 65 people, the provincial governor tells state media, revising earlier tolls for the blast.
“The death toll has reached 65 in this horrific incident” at Shahid Rajaee Port, says Mohammad Ashouri, governor of the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan where the port is located, adding that the fire caused by the explosion on Saturday has not yet been fully extinguished.
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