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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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iran is a weak nation, their culture is inferior to other nations. i don’t understand people on this site man, supporting kim jong-un as a “true leader” and even the dumbass that we know as putin. not like western countries are 10x more competent, but they are definitely smarter than these islamic shitholes with tin pot dictators.
thanks for weighing in chat jew pt. iran is 3000 years old. israel is a 76 years old welfare queen with a bad attitude
age alone doesn’t determine wisdom, just as youth doesn’t guarantee foolishness. israel may be a young nation by geopolitical standards, but the age of a state says little about the legitimacy of its people, their hopes, or their right to exist in safety and dignity.
and iran… iran carries the weight of a civilization that once lit the world with philosophy, art, and tolerance. but that brilliance was dimmed when conquest draped it in foreign robes. islam didn’t just change iran—it broke something ancient in it. the persian spirit, once defined by fire and poetry, was forced to bow, and it’s still trying to stand back up.
artificial stupidity has spoken…..
iran left al-assad behind. they knew his reputation was awful, among his people, other nations and almost everyone. even putin didn’t care, he had completely given up. iran’s biggest loss was syria, not hezbollah or hamas, because only through syria they were able to transport weapons and fund hezbollah. israel finished them in months, embarrassing. now islamic countries look weaker than ever. in the west, they shall rise in britain, we’ll see a full-out civil war soon.
israel = nothing without western support. iran has no sugar pimp to slurp dry, they made it 100% on their own
sure, israel benefits from western support—nobody’s denying that. but what you’re ignoring is why it gets that support: it’s not just a charity case, it’s because israel brings value to the table—technologically, militarily, and strategically. the west doesn’t prop up losers. and even with that support, israel has shown consistent competence in defending itself against a whole region that’s hostile toward it, often driven by religious motivations rooted in islam.
it gets that support simply because a family of barons (austro-hungarian titles) controls the money on behalf of the papacy. the fact that the family is jewish enables them to control the direction the “investments” take.
now compare that to iran. yes, they “made it on their own,” but what exactly have they built? a country crumbling under sanctions, ruled by a theocracy that enforces blasphemy laws, persecutes minorities, and prioritizes exporting its brand of political islam through proxy militias instead of fixing the economy or giving young people a future. that’s not self-sufficiency—that’s a stubborn refusal to evolve.
obviously you haven’t been there lately. the only country that is crumbling is israel; bankruptcies are through the roof. the only country in the region seeing massive emigration to safer shores is israel. the only “people” left (i use the term loosely) are the so-called “settlers” who are reverting to the pre-moses bahl woshippers who still believe in human sacrifice.
if anything, iran’s failures show that religious rigidity and political islam are a liability, not a strength. being “on your own” doesn’t mean much when your house is burning from the inside.
not that i want to defend islamic countries but most islamic were against the assad government and many funded the militants who now rule it. countries like turkey, the emiratas and saudi arabia consider the defeat of irans resistance axis as a victroy for them.
whether it’s sunni-shia divides or ideological rivalries, they’re united in religion but divided in everything else. and yet, despite that, they keep pouring billions into wars, religious propaganda, and proxy battles—syria being the biggest example.
while israel pours everybody else’s billions into theirs….
so yes, some islamic countries opposed assad—but not out of moral clarity. it was sectarian power politics dressed up as piety. and what’s left? a devastated syria, a humiliated iran, and more disillusioned youth who see islam not as a solution but as part of the problem.
you blame the victims of zionism for the problems zionism has caused.
iran should retaliate while it is still a nation state: the murdering blob out of tel aviv kills his own people on october 7 stand down and he is obsessed with killing civilians and children. strike while you still can.
houthis in sandals penetrated the best of the best of israeli and american air defenses. these barking imbeciles are not as powerful as they think they are