{"id":21213,"date":"2025-04-29T13:30:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=21213"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T11:37:49","slug":"preliminary-investigation-points-to-negligence-in-iran-port-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/preliminary-investigation-points-to-negligence-in-iran-port-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"Preliminary Investigation Points to Negligence in Iran Port Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian authorities announced that a preliminary investigation indicates that &#8220;failure to adhere to safety principles&#8221; at the Bandar Abbas port led to the deadly explosion last Saturday, in which at least 70 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured, according to a Reuters report this morning (Tuesday).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Containers with Chemicals Were Involved in the Incident<\/strong><br \/>\nAccording to the report, surveillance footage shows a small fire breaking out between containers at the port, which quickly escalated into a massive explosion.<br \/>\nOfficials said that containers holding chemical substances were involved in the incident, with some reports suggesting that the material that exploded was sodium perchlorate\u2014a key ingredient in ballistic missile fuel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21216\" style=\"width: 951px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21216 \" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/boombitch2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"951\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/boombitch2.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/boombitch2-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/boombitch2-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran | Photo: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Iranian Minister of the Interior Eskandar Momeni said that serious deficiencies were found at the port and that critical safety protocols had not been properly implemented.<br \/>\nAccording to official sources, no connection has been found between the explosion and any nearby military or security facilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Israel Denies Any Involvement<\/strong><br \/>\nMeanwhile, a senior Israeli political source said yesterday, &#8220;There is no known Israeli connection to the incident at Bandar Abbas.&#8221; He added that conclusions should not be drawn prematurely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian officials say &#8220;determining the final cause requires a full and thorough investigation;&#8221; Meanwhile, they emphasize: &#8220;Technical and laboratory processes are needed to reach conclusions.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":21215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,65],"tags":[4861,4896,4859,1539,4898,4932,3885,4931],"class_list":["post-21213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","category-world","tag-bandar-abbas-port","tag-chemical-incident","tag-explosion-in-iran","tag-iran","tag-iranian-authorities","tag-iranian-leadership","tag-middle-east-security","tag-reuters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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