Posted on 10/06/2014 9:54:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
TEHRAN, Iran — Two people were killed in an explosion at a defense ministry plant east of Tehran for the production of explosives, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported Monday.
The Defense Industries Organisation, quoted by IRNA, said the fire broke out at the plant on Sunday night but it gave no further details.
The BBC, citing a report from the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), reported on Monday that the incident happened in an “explosive materials production unit” at the site south-east of the capital Tehran.
According to ISNA the blast was so powerful it shattered windows up to 12 kilometers away and the glare from the explosion lit up the night sky.
Several arms facilities and military bases are located east of the Iranian capital, including Parchin. UN nuclear inspectors have been seeking to visit the site to answer concerns about Iran’s atomic program.
The base lies at the centre of allegations of past Iranian research into sophisticated explosives that can be used to detonate a nuclear warhead.
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Earlier thread on the topic (not duplicate)
Report: At Least 2 Dead in Explosion at Iranian Nuclear Plant
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3211846/posts
Big Jim McBob and Billy Sol Hurok — an SCTV classic! Let’s hope the nuke facility “blowed up real good!”
Why does a nuclear program that exists only for peaceful purposes have a ““explosive materials production unit”“explosive materials production unit”?
What’s the Persian word for D’oh?
Those guys once blew up Brooke Shields...
Gee, that’s too bad.
Oops.
That’s a shame.
Since nobody smokes in Iran, I assume it wasn’t from a cigarette......................
“Why does a nuclear program that exists only for peaceful purposes have an “explosive materials production unit?””
Exact thought that came to me. If you’re building nuclear weapons you need explosives to compress the core so that you attain critical mass, but nuclear power needs nothing of the sort. IMHO, this ALONE justifies bombing the crap out of them.
I assume they were "successful"..................
Great!
Mohammed: Hey, Achmed, where do we put all this enriched uranium?
Achmed: Just stack them all in the corner as they come in until they are needed.......
>>What’s the Persian word for D’oh?
Aakh!
Hmmm....”Massive blast” doesn’t correlate to “2 dead”....
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