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Iran: A major explosion in a southern state power plant | Israel today

2020-07-05T03:55:51.890Z


| the Middle EastFifth case of explosion and fire in a sensitive facility in the Islamic Republic in just over a week • Heavy damage to power plant • Experts say there are signs that could indicate cyber attack The blast in southern Iran Saudi news network "Al Arab" reported on Saturday a major explosion at the power plant complex near Ahwaz city in southern Iran and widespread power outages.  The blast report...


Fifth case of explosion and fire in a sensitive facility in the Islamic Republic in just over a week • Heavy damage to power plant • Experts say there are signs that could indicate cyber attack

  • The blast in southern Iran

Saudi news network "Al Arab" reported on Saturday a major explosion at the power plant complex near Ahwaz city in southern Iran and widespread power outages. 

The blast reportedly took place at the al-Zargan power plant, which is several miles north of Ahwaz City. Photos released from the scene show a thick black smoke pillar and miraculous workers from the scene. Government officials told the ISNA news agency that it was the explosion of one of the transformers in a facility caused by the heavy heat. 

Iranian news agency ISNA reported that the fire is still burning but is under control. One firefighter was injured during the fire, the news agency said. Social networking reports also claim chlorine leakage in a plant near the power plant, but reports have not yet been verified.

Meanwhile, no casualties were reported in the blast and Iran's media did not disclose the nature of the incident. The Ahwaz district has seen a large uprising of the Arab-speaking population against the authorities in the past year and several terrorist attacks by extremist organizations on symbols and regime troops. With Zatz, some Arab-language media outlets in the Persian Gulf have reported that the location of the blast, near the facility's transformer unit, is similar to an explosion that occurred in the Nanzane nuclear facility and may turn out to be a cyber attack. 

This is the fifth mysterious explosion in Iran since last Friday, when a gas plant exploded at a rocket base in the Parchin complex, south of the Tehran capital. Since then, an explosion has taken place in a clinic in the northern capital and a major fire has also taken place at the Nantes nuclear facility. 

Yesterday, Iranian officials hinted that they suspected that Israel was behind the explosion and fire at the Natanz facility and were launching threats at the Jewish state. Iranian officials told Reuters yesterday that the fire at the Nantes nuclear plant yesterday was the result of an Israeli cyber attack. Official Tehran did not explicitly accuse Israel or the United States of being attacked, but civilian defense chief Golmerza Jaliali said Iran would "retaliate against any country that carries out cyber attacks on its nuclear sites." 

Source: israelhayom

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