At least 281 injured in Iran port blast – new toll on state media

This image grab taken from footage released by the state television Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting News (IRIBNEWS) on April 26, 2025 shows thick black smoke billowing following an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. Several containers exploded on April 26 at Iran’s largest commercial port, authorities said, causing a major blast and fire, and leaving several people injured. Shahid Rajaee, more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of the capital, is the most advanced container port in Iran, according to the official IRNA news agency. (Photo by IRIBNEWS / AFP)

TEHRAN — The toll from a massive blast on Saturday that ripped through a key port in southern Iran rose to 281 injured, state media said.

State television, citing local emergency services, reported that “281 people have been injured, dozens of whom have been transferred to medical centers” in the area of the southern port of Shahid Rajaee.

A “massive explosion” and fire took place at a key port in the Iranian province of Hormozgan more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of Tehran, state media reported Saturday.

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“The explosion occurred in a part of the Shahid Rajaee port dock, and we are extinguishing the fire,” state television quoted senior Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Administration official Esmaeil Malekizadeh as saying.

Social media videos showed a huge plume of black smoke.

Authorities offered no immediate cause for the blast.

Rajaei port is one of the seaports of Iran.