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An immense explosion has been heard throughout the northern Iranian city of Qazvin, semi-official Fars news agency reported, and many casualties are expected from the blast.

An immense explosion has been heard throughout the northern Iranian city of Qazvin, semi-official Fars news agency reported, and many casualties are expected from the blast. Around 1.1 million people live in the city, which is located about 100 miles north of Tehran. The blast may be related to nuclear development in Iran, according to the Los Angeles Times. Iranian officials in the past have strongly denied claims by Mujahedin Khalq Organization, or MKO, a cult-like Iranian exile group, that it has a secret nuclear enrichment facility in Abyek, near the major city, according to the daily. The source of...

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"Qazvin (Qazvim) Underground Facility Site 311" SNIPPET: "On September 09, 2010, was revealed the possible existence of another, previously unreported, Iranian nuclear enrichment site. Information pertaining to the site was obtained by Iran 's main opposition, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). The facility, a major top-secret and strategic nuclear enrichment site, is located 60 miles north west of Tehran, and 25 miles South east of Qazvin, in the town of Abyek. The Behjatabad-Abyek nuclear enrichment site was reported to be code-named 311." SNIPPET: "The underground facility is said to eventually house centrifuges to enrich Uranium to weapons grade....