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Windows in buildings in the nearby village of Bidganeh have been shattered.
Some deaths have been reported, according to the semi-official Fars news agency, but this has not been confirmed.
Originally posted by Kemal
reply to post by Vozda
I think it's the PJAK (Kurdish terrorists, supported by Israel and the West).
Edit: Then again it could just have been an accident.edit on 12-11-2011 by Kemal because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by GhostLancer
reply to post by Vozda
Just wait. Iran has been very public about their nuclear program. They are meddling with new (to them) technology. Before long, there will be nuclear accidents and/or explosions as they try to move their backpack warheads around (and probably) out of the country. These kinds of incidents are only the beginning. I pity the average Iranian citizen who has no part in these matters, but will surely feel the consequences as their wreckless government pursues the weaponization of their nuclear program while calling for the destruction of other countries.
Two massive explosions have ripped through a military base belonging to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in the western part of the Iranian capital, Tehran.
The incident took place around 1 p.m. local time (0730 GMT) when a munitions depot caught fire by accident at an IRGC military base in Bidgeneh village -- located on the outskirts of Shahriar city and about 35 kilometers (21 miles) west of Tehran -- Iranian lawmaker for Shahriar, Hossein Garousi, told ICANA news agency.
The shock wave released by the explosion shattered windowpanes and inflicted damage on a number of buildings in the area.
There are no clear casualty figures in the incident.
www.indianexpress.com...
The blast shattered the windows of residential neighbourhoods in the western suburbs of Tehran, witnesses said.