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Saturday, April 26, 2025
Israel not involved in Iran port blast, officials tell Channel 12

Black smoke rises behind abandoned trucks following an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan on April 26, 2025. (MOHAMMAD RASOLE MORADI / IRNA / AFP)
Israel was not involved in the explosion at a major port in southern Iran, Israeli officials tell Channel 12 news.
At least four people were killed and over 500 injured in the blast in Shahid Rajaee, the country’s largest commercial port, located in Hormozgan province on Iran’s southern coast.
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