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2014-05-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Immense Explosion in Iran May Have Nuclear Origins

An immense explosion has been heard throughout the northern Iranian city of Qazvin, semi-official Fars news agency reported, and many casualties are expected from the blast.
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Around 1.1 million people live in the city, which is located about 100 miles north of Tehran.

The blast may be related to nuclear development in Iran, according to the Los Angeles Times. Iranian officials in the past have strongly denied claims by Mujahedin Khalq Organization, or MKO, a cult-like Iranian exile group, that it has a secret nuclear enrichment facility in Abyek, near the major city, according to the daily.
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The source of the blast remains undetermined. Several mystery explosions have been reported in the past several years in the region, none of which were ever verified.

A fire has now broken out in the city, local reports say, and as many as 50 people are injured. State media blames an oil depot for the blast.

State news agency IRNA reports that firefighters are on the scene. "Firefighters are trying to prevent the spread of the fire at a car oil storage facility," Ali Mohammad Ahani, the director general of Qazvin governor's disaster management authority, stated. Ahani added that no reports of casualties have been recorded
Posted by Frank G 2014-05-06 18:42|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 "The blast may be related to nuclear development..."

Or, possibly, Israeli counterpoise?
Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-05-06 20:40||   2014-05-06 20:40|| Front Page Top

#2 if it was nuclear related we would know from radiation detectors

more likely, it was rocket fuel -- a relatively small amount of rocket fuel can make a very big bang and furthermore, inept handling of the oxidizer and the propellant is a very real danger especially in a country that hasn't an experienced professional tradition in that area
Posted by lord garth 2014-05-06 21:06||   2014-05-06 21:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Eric Holder should send the FBI, the department of energy and jimmy carter to investigate.
Posted by Airandee 2014-05-06 21:07||   2014-05-06 21:07|| Front Page Top

#4 inept handling of the oxidizer and the propellant is a very real danger especially in a country that hasn't an experienced professional tradition in that area

welllll, they're experienced now :-)
Posted by Frank G 2014-05-06 21:16||   2014-05-06 21:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Better hope it's Rocket Fuel. If it's Nuclear and there's a fire, Chernobyl the second might be happening.
Posted by Charles 2014-05-06 22:38||   2014-05-06 22:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Where is a SR-71 when you need one.
Posted by Angatle Snise1887 2014-05-06 22:50||   2014-05-06 22:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Godzilla has a new movie + now this - COINCIDENCE, I THINK NOT!
Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-05-06 23:02||   2014-05-06 23:02|| Front Page Top

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