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Sunday, April 27, 2025
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Sunday, April 27, 2025
Iran port blast death toll rises to 28; Tehran denies military-grade material present at site
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Red Crescent (RCS) on April 27, 2025, shows rescuers carrying a victim away from the scene of an explosion that took place a day earlier at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. (Iranian Red Crescent / AFP)
The death toll from a massive explosion at Iran’s largest commercial port has risen to 28, Red Crescent chief Pirhossein Koolivand says, updating earlier figures reported by state media.
“Unfortunately, 28 people have so far died,” Koolivand says in a video published on the Iranian government’s official website, adding that some of the more than 1,000 injured in the Shahid Rajaee Port blast on Saturday had been transferred to the capital, Tehran, for treatment.
No military-grade material was present at the blast-hit port, a defense ministry spokesperson tells state TV, denying media reports that Saturday’s explosion may be linked to the mishandling of solid fuel used for missiles.
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