A fire has broken out in the petrochemical industry plant near the Iraqi border
The facility where the fire occurred in Iran
Another disaster in the mysterious chain of accidents in Iran: a refinery caught fire near the city of Bender Mashhar in the area of heavy petrochemicals in the southern state.
The governor said that the fire is under control thanks to a well-timed fire-fighting operation and that there is no fear of spreading further. On his social network, heavy smoke was reported to have risen from the facility.
Local media said there were no casualties and that only minor damage was done to the refinery, which has since returned to full operation. It was also alleged that the fault was caused by the heavy heat prevailing in the area, above fifty degrees Celsius.
The wave of explosions that has hit Iran in recent weeks is part of a change in the Israeli-American strategy aimed at resolving the Iranian threat, the American New York Times said yesterday in a comprehensive article on the issue.
The paper, citing senior sources in Jerusalem and Washington, claims that cooperation between the states is behind the explosions and fires that took place at several sensitive military sites where the uranium enrichment facility near the city of Natanz, a rocket base in Parzin south of the capital and probably at the base of Revolutionary Guards in the western Tehran district.
