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Iran blast: At least four people were killed and over 500 injured after large explosion rocked Shahid Rajaee port in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reporte. The cause of the incident is not yet known. However, multiple local news outlters reported more than 500 people were injured in the deadly explosion.

 Moment: When massive blast rocks Shahid Rajaee port 

Cause of explosion in Iran 

The blast occurred as Iran began a third round of nuclear talks with the United States in Oman, although the cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. "The cause of this incident was the explosion of several containers stored in the Shahid Rajaee Port wharf area. We are currently evacuating and transferring the injured to medical centres," a local crisis management official told state TV. Fars news agency reported that 47 people were injured according to initial estimates.

Port activities suspended after explosion

Semi-official Tasnim news agency added that the port's activities were suspended to extinguish the fire and that considering the large number of port employees "many people were probably injured or even killed in the incident." The blast shattered windows within a radius of several kilometres, Iranian media said, with footage shared online showing a mushroom cloud forming following the explosion.

In 2020, computers at the same port were hit by a cyberattack that caused massive backups on waterways and roads leading to the facility. The Washington Post had reported that Iran's arch-foe Israel appeared to be behind that incident as retaliation for an earlier Iranian cyberattack.

(With inputs from agency)

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