Governor of the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan, Mohammad Ashouri Taziani, refuted on Tuesday the speculation that an act of sabotage was behind a lethal blast at Shahid Rajaee Port in southern Iran.
He made the remarks whereas elaborating on the possible causes of the explosion that occurred on Saturday and its subsequent hearth, by which not less than 70 folks had been killed and over 1,200 others injured, the official information company IRNA reported.
Ahsouri Taziani stated some overseas media raised the hypothesis that the incident had in all probability been the results of an act of sabotage, however preliminary investigations confirmed that the sabotage speculation did not be of “enough power.”
He added that in line with an announcement by the provincial disaster administration headquarters, a failure to correctly observe security and passive protection measures had been among the many major causes of the incident.
On Monday, Iran’s Inside Minister Eskandar Momeni recognized “sure negligence” as one of many causes behind the lethal explosion, Xinhua information company reported.
In the meantime, the fireplace at Shahid Rajaee Port has been fully contained, whereas the rescue and aid operations had been nonetheless ongoing, the semi-official Mehr information company reported citing the provincial governor.
On Monday, Iran’s Inside Minister Eskandar Momeni recognized “sure negligence” as one of many causes behind the lethal explosion within the provincial capital Bandar Abbas, the place this port, the nation’s largest maritime hub, is situated.
He made the remarks in an interview with state-run IRIB TV, elaborating on the continued investigations to find out the reason for the incident.
Momeni stated that in an earlier assembly held in Bandar Abbas to debate the explosion’s trigger, a number of people whose negligence had been confirmed had been summoned. He famous {that a} failure to look at security laws and passive defence measures correctly contributed to the catastrophe, urging the related authorities and investigative committee to speed up efforts to find out the complete trigger precisely.
Following the lethal blast, Hossein Sajedinia, head of Iran’s Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Organisation, instructed the IRIB on Sunday that a few of the containers on the port contained flammable supplies, similar to pitch, and a few others carried chemical compounds.
Regardless of the incident, the port’s wharfs have resumed operations and cargo dealing with, in line with the official information company IRNA.