What the Hell Is Going on in Iran This Time?

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2025/05/05/what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-iran-n4939487 ^ | May 05, 2025 | Stephen Green

[bitt]

Iran is on fire — literally, again — and nobody knows why. A massive power plant and a "cardboard factory" caught fire bigly in Iran over the weekend. But there is impressive new video of Iran's port explosion from last week.

Iran International reported that a "series of incidents unfolded in Alborz Province, west of Tehran, on Saturday evening, including two fires, reports of an explosion, and a magnitude 4.0 earthquake, according to official statements and eyewitness accounts."

Israeli action? Typical authoritarian regime attention to maintenance issues? God just doesn't like the mullahs' regime? Who knows.

For reasons yet unknown, the Montazer Ghaem power plant in Karaj, just west of Tehran, caught fire on Saturday. Here's that video:

Those cooling towers make Montazer Ghaem look like it might be a nuclear power plant, but it burns natural gas and other fossil fuels.

Tehran posted undated video of the plant not on fire and claimed that there was nothing to see here, move along.

In the same province, also on Saturday, a "cardboard manufacturing factory" was seen burning brightly.

[bitt]

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[telescope115]

Cardboard? Hmmmm….🤨

And the previous explosion- that was one hell of a shock wave…😮

[jjotto]

My weekend count is:
Karaj (connection to centerfuges)
Mashhad area (several)
Tehransar (IRGC missile production)
Kazerun (IRGC ammunition)
Bandar Abbas (reignition)

[tired&retired]

It’s right next to the Baby Milk Factory. 😁

[telescope115]

The power plant fire- Three cooling towers? I thought only nuke plants had those…

[faithhopecharity]

it is long long long overdue to eliminate the IslamoNazi Iranian thuggery regime. it is far far far too aggressive, dangerous, threatening, and just plain insane. A sensible, peaceable government will be a blessing for all concerned and much better assure Iran of having a future

[BenLurkin]

Love the camera pointed at this little blue building. Reminds me of Will Rogers saying, “Put all your eggs in one basket and never take your eyes off that basket.”

[Telepathic Intruder]

I had no idea cardboard was so explosive. Every box should have a warning label.

[Signalman]

[Spok]

The IRGC is too embarrassed to admit all of these security failures.

[DUMBGRUNT]

” Three cooling towers? I thought only nuke plants had those…”

High-pressure steam spins the turbine, converting heat to mechanical energy.
Low-pressure steam is discharged, must be condensed to create a vacuum, reducing back pressure on the turbine, which increases the overall efficiency of the system. Condensing the steam also allows for water reuse, further optimizing the process.

Not all power plants use the hyperbolic towers, like Byron.

[null and void]

Carboard factory fire

[null and void]

Bandar Abbas fire & explosion

[null and void]

non-existent fire at Montazer Ghaem power plant

[mozarky2]

I worked in a coal-fired power plant for 40 years. We had our own cooling “pond”, so the cooling water didn’t have to be cooled before release. However, power plants which use public bodies of water typically have to cool the water before release back into its source, regardless of the fuel used.

[af_vet_1981]

Iran is on fire — literally, again — and nobody knows why.

People know why, just not those with no need to know. Remember President Trump's warning and I think the time was up in May.

[af_vet_1981]

Amir Tsarfati is talking about these recent mysterious explosions. "Bottom line: the Middle East is at a boiling point right now." The Houthi attack on TLV was a premature miscalculation in that will trigger an unusual (and large) response, including "the head of the snake Iran." He said both THAAD and Arrow missed and the Houthi missile landed in a citrus grove near the airport.

He expects unprecedented and almost Biblical scale events in the coming weeks.

[jjotto]

Just FYI -

Large Israeli attack on Houthis in the last few hours.

[montag813]

Hopefully these are Israeli assets, causing mayhem and chaos, since Trump for some bizarre reason won’t let them just MOAB Iran’s nuclear program into the Earth’s crust.