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A powerful explosion rocked a motorcycle factory in the city of Mashhad in northern Iran on May 4, the latest in a series of incidents at industrial and infrastructure facilities in the Islamic Republic.
According to Iranian media, the site of the explosion is a large warehouse covering an area of about 4,000 square meters that was severely damaged in the resulting fire.
The Iranian Fire Brigade later confirmed that the event took place at a motorcycle factory located near the Electrosteel factory. No casualties were reported.
Iranian opposition activists alleged that the factory in Mashhad was involved in the production of drone engines. However, these claims remain unverified.
Earlier in the day, Iran International, a London-based Persian-language news channel, reported that five people were wounded in an explosion at a petrochemical raw materials plant in an industrial zone in the central city of Qom, also located in northern Iran. The cause of that incident also remains unclear.
A series of incidents were reported in industrial and infrastructure facilities in different parts of Iran over the last ten days, with some causing casualties.
The most serious of the incidents took place in the Shahid Rajaei port in the south of the country, where a massive fire and multiple explosions killed 70 people and wounded more than 1,200 others on April 26. Later on April 29, a large blast hit the production hall of a company allegedly affiliated with Iran’s top security body and drone industries in the central city of Isfahan.
While Iran is yet to make any accusations, speculation of Israeli sabotages can’t be ruled out. It’s worth noting here that the incidents began as the indirect nuclear talks between the Islamic Republic and the United States began to gain momentum.
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