Authorities are conducting a thorough investigation to determine whether negligence or a deliberate act caused the Rajaei Port explosion, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told ISNA Monday.
The findings would be shared with the public, he added. The main cause remains unclear, and the fire has yet to be fully contained.
About 90 percent of the fire at Iran’s Rajaei Port has been extinguished, Bandar Abbas mayor Mehdi Noubani told ISNA news outlet.
“Port operations are ongoing and damages are still being assessed,” he added.
The death toll from the explosion at Iran’s Rajaei Port rose to 46, Hormozgan province’s crisis management chief said.
Firefighters have yet to contain the blaze, with 138 people still hospitalized, added Mehrdad Hassanzadeh. Authorities say that 1,072 injured individuals were treated and discharged.
Iran’s ILNA news agency removed a report from its website that said the “very dangerous” cargo which exploded at Rajaei port had been imported and stored under the label of “ordinary goods.” The report, published earlier, did not specify the origin or nature of the cargo but highlighted apparent misclassification. ILNA gave no explanation for the removal. The explosion at the port has raised questions among Iranian citizens, some drawing comparisons to the 2020 Beirut port blast, which was caused by improperly stored ammonium nitrate.
