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Speaker 1: Iranian President Masud Pichkian on Sunday visited victims of the

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Shahed Ali Ragi Port in the Iranian city of Bandar

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Abyss over the killing of forty persons and the injuring

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of one thousand, two hundred others following multiple explosions that

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started on Saturday morning at the port, with the Iranian

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President Masud Pichkian refusing to make any accusation or give

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account of the possible cause of the fire explosions that

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have continued to rage unabated as at late hours on Sunday,

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with Israeli government also keeping mum despite several unsubstantiated claims

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pointing accusing fingers to the State of Israel over the fire.

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Explosions believed to have been ignited due to the presence

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of chemical substance apparently used in making missile propellants. Eyewitness

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accounts and video indicate chemicals in an area of shipping

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containers caught fire, setting off a much larger explosion. The

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death toll has spiked to forty, with one thousand, two

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hundred others reported injured. According to local media, it was

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gathered that a secondary explosion occurred on Sunday at the

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Shahid Ali Raji Port in Iran and fire broke out.

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Pictures made available by Iranian authorities, the Iranian President Massu

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Pichkian could be seen on an aerial tour above the

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ground levels seeing the aftermath of the explosion area in

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the port of Bandar abbys The president also visited the

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victims of the explosions at the hospital, as he was

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seen in the video sympathizing with some of the victims

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on the hospital beds. One of the Iranian members of

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parliament accused Israel of the explosion at bandar Abisport. Muhammad Saraj,

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Iranian member of parliament, reacting on the explosion at Bandar Abbysport,

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stated that the explosion at Bandar Abbisport was not accidental.

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There are clear signs of Israeli involvement. The explosions occurred

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simultaneously in four different locations. This indicates the placement of

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explosives in side the containers. Flammable chemicals usually ignite in

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a single spot and do not cause multiple simultaneous explosions

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in different places. The containers were tampered with in the

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country of origin during transport or by local agents. In Iran.

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The explosions were likely triggered via satellite or timers and

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time to occur when the containers arrived at the port

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to cause maximum damage. As on Sunday, Russia President Vladimir

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Putin had reportedly sent several firefighters emergency planes to Iran

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to help quench the raging fire. Helicopters and planes could

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be seen dumping water from the air on the raging fire,

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which started at the Shahid Raji A port, just as

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Iran and the United States met Saturday in Oman for

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the third round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

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The explosion originated in a container at the Shahed RAJII

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Port in Bandar Abyss. According to the state media outlet

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Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, black smoke rises in the

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SKay as vehicles drive on the road after the massive

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explosion rocked the port near the southern port city of

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Bandar Abyss, and video posted on social media shows damaged

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buildings filled with smoke. The cause of the explosion is

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under investigation. Sen Medad Hassanzade, a crisis management official in

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the area. According to Iran’s Semi official news agency tasnum

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the explosion was caused by a fuel tank detonating. However,

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Iran State Oil Company denied that the explosion originated from

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its oil facilities, stating that the oil plant, storage tanks

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and pipelines in the vicinity were unaffected and operational as usual.

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Following the blast, photos surfaced online showing windows shatted up

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to several kilometers away from the port, with a mushroom

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cloud forming over the area. The Shahid Rajiri Port is

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Iran’s primary container terminal, handling approximate the eighty million tons

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of goods annually. It also hosts oil tankers and chemical plants,

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and its strategic location in the Strait of Hamers is

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critical as it accounts for about twenty percent of the

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world’s crude oil shipments, according to local media. Reuters also

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reported that cyber attacks on the port’s computer systems led

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to widespread power outages, with US media outlets speculating that Israel,

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a long time adversary of Iran, may have been behind

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the cyber attack. Osasuaran Mediquini Guini in the Morguni