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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 616

Bandar Abbas

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows the epicenter of an explosion at the Shahid Rajaei port near Bandar Abbas, Iran, April 28, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
April 29, 2025, 3:02 pm
Iran port blast death toll reaches 70 as firefighters say blaze finally under control
Satellite images show disintegrated buildings, craters after massive explosion; reddish-hued smoke in initial footage suggests involvement of chemical compound in detonation
By Jon Gambrell
An Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps firefighting air-tanker drops water on Sunday, April 27, 2025, after a massive explosion and fire rocked a port near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, a day earlier. (AP Photo/Mahdi Nori/Fars News agency)
April 28, 2025, 5:23 pm
Iran’s interior minister blames ‘negligence’ for port blast, as death toll hits 46
Local mayor says about 90% of the fire is out; lawmaker says ‘no evidence’ of foreign involvement in explosion said to have been caused by missile fuel component
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Red Crescent (RCS) on April 27, 2025, shows members of a rescue team arriving by helicopter at 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)
April 27, 2025, 12:49 pm
Explosion at Iran port said caused by missile fuel component from China; toll at 40
Over 1,000 wounded; fires still burning a day later; person connected to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps tells NYT that sodium perchlorate ignited; Putin offers help
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Fire breaks out at Iran's Aftab oil refinery in the port city of Bandar Abbas, killing at least one person and injuring several more, on March 7, 2024. (Screenshot from X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 7, 2024, 5:52 pm
Iran reports one killed, several injured in oil refinery blaze
Iranian media says furnace caught fire while being repaired, no major damage caused to facility at key Bandar Abbas port
By Agencies
Iran's navy seizes the oil tanker St. Nikolas, formerly known as the Suez Rajan, off the coast of Oman, January 11, 2024. (X video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 14, 2024, 8:16 pm
Crew of oil tanker seized by Iran amid dispute with US ‘safe and in good health’
Greek owners in contact with Tehran have directly spoken to 18 Filipinos and Greeks onboard vessel, currently anchored near port city of Bandar Abbas
By Agencies
The Shahid Rajaee port facility near the Iranian coastal city of Bandar Abbas. (Iran Ports and Maritime Organization)
May 20, 2020, 3:02 pm
By design, cyberattack on Iran port caused only minor damage – report
New York Times says Bandar Abbas port was specifically chosen as non-central target for Israeli hack, to retaliate for failed attack by Tehran
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
The Shahid Rajaee port facility in the Iranian coastal city of Bandar Abbas. (Iran Ports and Maritime Organization)
May 20, 2020, 10:35 am
Israel braces for Iranian cyberattack after reportedly targeting strategic port
Workers at sensitive facilities told to be on alert for malicious activity after hacking of Bandar Abbas port, which Israel has said is used to supply weapons to Hamas, Hezbollah
By Michael Bachner
The British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero which was seized by the Iran's Revolutionary Guard is photographed in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, July 20, 2019. (Tasnim News Agency/via AP)
September 23, 2019, 1:14 pm
Iran says seized British-flagged tanker ‘free’ to leave
Unclear when Swedish-owned Stena Impero will set sail from Bandar Abbas port after more than 2 months
By AFP
This undated photo issued July 19, 2019 shows the British oil tanker Stena Impero, captured by Iran. (Stena Bulk via AP)
July 27, 2019, 10:10 pm
Owner of British tanker held by Iran says its crew is in good health
Officials from crewmen’s home countries have met with them as the Stena Impero remains held by Tehran, Stena Bulk says
By ToI Staff and AP
Illustrative: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dedicates the final phase of a new oil refinery in the city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, February 18, 2019. (Official website photo)
February 18, 2019, 4:59 pm
Rouhani: US sanctions are ‘economic war’ on Iran
Tehran inaugurates final phase of new massive oil refinery built in defiance of reimposed American economic measures
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Iranians walk on a street in the capital Tehran on January 2, 2018. (AFP/ ATTA KENARE)
October 2, 2018, 12:45 pm
Iran says 31 people have died from drinking tainted alcohol
According to state media, 371 recently suffered poisoning by home-made liquor and 173 were hospitalized
By AP
An Iranian oil worker rides his bicycle near an oil refinery south of the capital, Tehran, December 22, 2014. (AP/Vahid Salemi/File)
May 1, 2017, 7:56 am
Iran becomes self-sufficient in gasoline production — report
Touting achievements ahead of election, Rouhani says economic relief from nuclear deal boosted country’s oil output
By AP
In this image made from video, a high-rise residential building collapses following a large fire, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Tehran, Iran. (IRINN via AP)
February 9, 2017, 5:01 pm
5 dead, 9 hurt in Iran underground gas explosion
Authorities blame blast at agricultural research site in southern Iran on electrical short circuit
By AP and ToI Staff
Police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters during a demo against the arrest of Jewish seminary student who failed to comply with a recruitment order in Jerusalem on February 9, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 9, 2017, 2:18 pm
‘Trump rapped Obama’s nuke deal with Russia in chat with Putin’
Palestinian suspect arrested after Petah Tikva market attack injures 5; hundreds protest draft dodger’s arrest in Jerusalem, 24 arrested
By Ilan Ben Zion
Illustrative photo of an Iranian warship (Alex Hicks, Wikimedia Commons)
September 28, 2016, 3:46 pm
Looking to boost trade, Italy drills with Iran in strategic strait
Joint maneuvers in Hormuz come after Italian frigate makes rare stop in Bandar Abbas, as Rome seeks to reclaim position as top economic partner
By AFP
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