Blast rocks southern Iran port, four killed and hundreds wounded

A thick plume of smoke billows as motorists drive their vehicles along a highway near the source of an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan on April 26, 2025. -Photo by Mohammad Rasole MORADI / IRNA / AFP

BANDAR ABBAS:  At least four people were killed and more than 500 others injured after a huge explosion rocked Shahid Rajaee Port near Bandar Abbas, in southern Iran, the Iranian News Agency (IRNA) reported.

The blast occurred on Saturday (April 26), causing destruction in the surrounding areas and affecting some industries in western Bandar Abbas.