Large explosion at port in Iran’s Bandar Abbas leaves over 115 injured

A view of the Shahid Rajaee port in Iran’s Bandar Abbas
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A big explosion rocked Shahid Rajaee port within the southern Iranian metropolis of Bandar Abbas on Saturday (April 26, 2025), with no less than 115 individuals injured after the blast, state media reported.

The blast occurred as Iran started a 3rd spherical of nuclear talks with the USA in Oman, though the reason for the explosion was not instantly clear.

“The reason for this incident was the explosion of a number of containers saved within the Shahid Rajaee Port wharf space. We’re at the moment evacuating and transferring the injured to medical centres,” an area disaster administration official instructed state TV.

Social media movies confirmed black billowing smoke after the blast. Rajaee port primarily handles container site visitors and likewise has oil tanks and different petrochemical amenities.

Mushroom cloud

Semi-official Tasnim information company added that the port’s actions have been suspended to extinguish the hearth and that contemplating the massive variety of port staff “many individuals have been in all probability injured and even killed within the incident.”

The blast shattered home windows inside a radius of a number of kilometres, Iranian media mentioned, with footage shared on-line displaying a mushroom cloud forming following the explosion.

In 2020, computer systems on the identical port have been hit by a cyberattack that brought on large backups on waterways and roads resulting in the ability.

The Washington Submit had reported that Iran’s arch-foe Israel gave the impression to be behind that incident as retaliation for an earlier Iranian cyberattack.