Death toll climbs to 65 in Rajaei port explosion, official says
The death toll from the huge explosion that struck Rajaei port in southern Iran on Saturday has risen to 65, the governor-general of Hormozgan province said.
The death toll from the huge explosion that struck Rajaei port in southern Iran on Saturday has risen to 65, the governor-general of Hormozgan province said.
“We don’t know of any [Israeli] connection” to the deadly explosion in Rajaei port in southern Iran on Saturday, The Times of Israel reported citing an Israeli official.
Israel and the United States are in close, open contact over Tehran's disputed nuclear program, The Times of Israel reported on Monday citing an Israeli official.
“We have a dialogue with the Americans, the dialogue is not one-sided and we also express positions,” the official was quoted as saying.
“There is an ongoing dialogue on many levels. I would urge you to avoid premature conclusions. There is a good, intimate relationship between the governments.”
Many young women are missing following the deadly explosion at Rajaei port, said a labor official on Monday.
“Three female workers were confirmed dead and one remained missing, while numerous families have reported their daughters lost at the site,” Esmail Hajizadeh, executive secretary of the Hormozgan Workers' House, told ILNA news outlet.
He added that many truck drivers are also unaccounted for.
"Families are wandering the port, desperately searching for their children," Hajizadeh said.







