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Iranian media reports explosions in port city of Bushehr
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIranian media reports a series of blasts in the port city of Bushehr following a resumption of hostilities with the United States.
“Explosions have been heard in Bushehr and the surrounding area,” the Mehr news agency says, without providing details.
Located in Iran’s southwest, Bushehr hosts the country’s only civilian nuclear power plant and lies near Kharg Island, the main oil terminal through which 90 percent of the nation’s crude exports transit.
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