New York Post
By Jack Richards
Published April 26, 2025
Updated April 26, 2025, 12:55 p.m. ET
A huge explosion ripped through Iran’s largest commercial port, killing at least five people and injuring more than 700 others Saturday, in a fiery disaster authorities are linking to a shipment of chemicals used to create missile propellant.
The blast erupted at the Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, a critical shipping hub on the Strait of Hormuz, sending a mushroom cloud of black and orange smoke towering above the coastline, Iranian state media reported.
Initially, authorities provided no clear explanation as to what caused the blast in the port, only that it was linked to a fire that led to the explosion of several containers.
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