Moscow (Brussels morning newspaper) – on Sunday, the Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin extended assistance to Iran after a devastating explosion in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, and also expressed his condolences for the occasions.
Putin expressed his “words of sincere sympathy and support to the families of the victims, along with their desires for recovery to all injured,” according to a message posted on the Kremlin website.
What caused the deadly explosion in the Bandar Abbas port?
A great explosion and a fire shook a port in southern Iran on Saturday, supposedly connected to a sending of a chemical component used in the missile propeller. This incident resulted in the death of 25 people and injuries to approximately 800.
Through the night until Sunday morning, helicopters and airplanes dropped water from heaven to fight fierce fire in the port of Shahid Rajahei. The explosion took place just when Iran and the United States are convinced in Oman on Saturday for the third round of discussions about the nuclear program that progress rapidly from Tehran.
No one in Iran explicitly said that the explosion was an attack. However, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who was at the forefront of discussions, admitted Wednesday that
“Our security services are on a maximum alert due to previous attempts on sabotage and murder operations Meean to incite a legitimate response.”
The state media reported numbers of victims, noting that officials have identified only 10 victims, including two women. State TV reported that the fire is under control and will be extinguished complete later on Sunday. In addition, he noted that the operations in the port have resumed, showing images of containers that are downloaded from a commercial ship.
There is limited information available on what turned on the fire near Bandar Abbas, which reported that other containers explode.
Was the Iranian explosion linked to missile materials?
According to the private security firm Ambrey, the port received chemicals for missile fuel in March. This shipment, which consists of China’s ammium perceloate, was delivered to Iran through two ships and was first informed by the Financial Times in January. The chemist, which is used to produce solid propellers for rockets, was intended to repine Iran’s missile stocks that were devinated for their assaults directly to Israel during the conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
