At least 47 injured after explosion at port in Iran’s Bandar Abbas

A large explosion rocked Shahid Rajaee port in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday (April 26, 2025), with at least 47 people injured after the blast, state media reported.

"The cause of this incident was the explosion of several containers stored in the Shahid Rajaee Port wharf area. We are currently evacuating and transferring the injured to medical centres," a local crisis management official told state TV.

Fars news agency reported that 47 people were injured according to initial estimates.

Semi-official Tasnim news agency added that the port's activities were suspended to extinguish the fire and that considering the large number of port employees "many people were probably injured or even killed in the incident."