{"id":293260,"date":"2025-04-29T13:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T13:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/cargo-that-set-off-blast-at-iran-port-was-improperly-documented-investigators-say\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T13:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T13:19:20","slug":"cargo-that-set-off-blast-at-iran-port-was-improperly-documented-investigators-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/cargo-that-set-off-blast-at-iran-port-was-improperly-documented-investigators-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Cargo That Set Off Blast at Iran Port Was Improperly Documented, Investigators Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/29\/multimedia\/29int-iran-port-explosion-01-zfgl\/29int-iran-port-explosion-01-zfgl-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cargo That Set Off Blast at Iran Port Was Improperly Documented, Investigators Say\" title=\"Cargo That Set Off Blast at Iran Port Was Improperly Documented, Investigators Say\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Iranian officials investigating a huge explosion at a strategic port in southern Iran have said they found \u201cfalse statements\u201d in the documentation for the shipment believed to have triggered the blast, which the authorities say has now killed 70 people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The explosion on Saturday at the Shahid Rajaee port, Iran\u2019s largest, triggered a fire that lasted for hours and emitted towering columns of black smoke, according to local authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A statement released on Monday by the government committee investigating the blast said it had found evidence of \u201cfailure to observe safety principles.\u201d It added that investigators were seeking to identify those behind what it described as \u201cfalse statements\u201d in the documentation of the cargo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Iranian officials have told state news agencies that the cargo should have been identified as a shipment holding dangerous substances \u2014 the details of which they did not specify. Instead, the officials said, the shipment was classified and stored in the port as a container holding ordinary goods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Iranian authorities have so far released little information as to where and when the shipment arrived, what substances were in the cargo, and which ship carried the goods into the port, which handles a substantial portion of the oil exports critical to supporting Iran\u2019s foundering economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A person with ties to Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/26\/world\/middleeast\/iran-port-explosion-bandar-abbas.html\" title=\"\">told<\/a> The New York Times last week that the chemical set ablaze was sodium perchlorate, a major ingredient in solid fuel for missiles. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss security matters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The blast on Saturday was so powerful that forensics specialists were still working to identify 22 bodies from the 70 people declared dead, the provincial governor told official news agency IRNA on Monday. Among the nearly 1,200 people injured, state media said, some 120 were still being treated in hospitals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Shahid Rajaee port handled 85 percent of Iran\u2019s shipping container traffic last year, according to national statistics. It is situated in a southern region of Iran along the Strait of Hormuz, where the Persian Gulf meets the Gulf of Oman \u2014 one of the world\u2019s most critical shipping lanes for oil and gas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the past, the port been a target of foreign attack: Israel launched <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/19\/world\/middleeast\/israel-iran-cyberattacks.html\" title=\"\">a cyberattack<\/a> in 2020 that hampered operations at the port as part of its <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/02\/world\/middleeast\/iran-israel-attacks-shadow-war.html\" title=\"\">long-running shadow war with Iran.<\/a> Neither Israeli or Iranian officials have made statements to indicate that last week\u2019s blast was the result of an attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a television interview on Monday, Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of the Iranian parliament\u2019s security and foreign policy committee, eschewed any reference to an attack. He also did not respond to the interviewer\u2019s speculation as to whether the importer\u2019s false documentation might have been an attempt to save money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In its statement, the committee vowed on Monday to make the results of its investigation public \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/29\/world\/europe\/iran-port-explosion.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian officials investigating a huge explosion at a strategic port in southern Iran have said they found \u201cfalse statements\u201d in the documentation for the shipment believed to have triggered the blast, which the authorities say has now killed 70 people. 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