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AP: Iran blast was near suspected missile site

AP: Iran blast was near suspected missile site
AP: Iran blast was near suspected missile site

“An explosion that rattled Iran’s capital came from an area in its eastern mountains that analysts believe hides an underground tunnel system and missile production sites,” - writes Associated Press.

The blast shook homes, rattled windows and lit up the horizon early yesterday in the mountains. State TV later aired a segment from what it described as the site of the blast. The government’s spokesman blamed the blast on leaking gas. He did not identify and said no one was killed in the explosion.

The officials described the site as a “public area,” raising the question of why military officials and not civilian firefighters would be in charge. The state TV report did not answer that.

Iranian officials themselves also identified the site as being in Parchin, home to a military base where the International Atomic Energy Agency previously said it suspects Iran conducted tests of explosive triggers that could be used in nuclear weapons. Iran long has denied seeking nuclear weapons, though the IAEA previously said Iran had done work in “support of a possible military dimension to its nuclear program” that largely halted 20 years ago.

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