Satellite image: Iran blast struck by suspected missile site

AP ^ | 6/26/2020 | Jon Gambrell

[Roman_War_Criminal]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An explosion that rattled Iran’s capital came from an area in its eastern mountains that analysts believe hides an underground tunnel system and missile production sites, satellite photographs showed Saturday.

What exploded in the incident early Friday that sent a massive fireball into the sky near Tehran remains unclear, as does the cause of the blast.

The unusual response of the Iranian government in the aftermath of the explosion, however, underscores the sensitive nature of an area near where international inspectors believe the Islamic Republic conducted high-explosive tests two decades ago for nuclear weapon triggers.

The blast shook homes, rattled windows and lit up the horizon early Friday in the Alborz Mountains. State TV later aired a segment from what it described as the site of the blast.

One of its journalists stood in front of what appeared to be large, blackened gas cylinders, though the camera remained tightly focused and did not show anything else around the site. Defense Ministry spokesman Davood Abdi blamed the blast on a leaking gas he did not identify and said no one was killed in the explosion.

Abdi described the site as a “public area,” raising the question of why military officials and not civilian firefighters would be in charge. The state TV report did not answer that.

[Leaning Right]

I’m guessing it had something to do with Global Warming.

[cloudmountain]

The folks in that area are going what they've always been doing: fighting with each other.

Except for the K.S.A. They have several thousand Americans working and living there in the petroleum and natural gas industries. There are American Air Forces there protecting the petroleum and natural gas fields both on and off shore.
Safest place to be in that area of the world.

[BwanaNdege]

For those of us not “in the know” of insider jargon, does your “K.S.A.” refer to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?

I assume it has no relation to anything in Iron.

[Hiddigeigei]

Here’s the guy who wrote it.
Headlines are very often not written by the article's author. Newspapers (and maybe AP) have "headline writers."

[wbarmy]

Personally, I always assume “Rod from God” until further evidence proves me wrong.

[Ben Dover]

Here’s the guy who wrote it. Headlines are very often not written by the article's author. Newspapers (and maybe AP) have "headline writers."

I didn't know that. So someone's sole job is to write a headline?..and they can't even do that correctly?

[Tejas Rob]

>>Personally, I always assume “Rod from God” until further evidence proves me wrong.<<

Message to Iran : We can reach out and touch you any damn time we please.

Iran : Message received.

[mylife]

Suck it faisel

[Professional]

Shirley there are experts here that can determine if it’s an implosion, or an explosion?

[Grampa Dave]

Headline? The blast was struck by a site?

My head hurt after reading that headline.

Was something lost or gained in a translation?

[milagro]

Same here, lol!!
Think the AP needs to train their writers to take better aim before launching any headline into print, since this one ( actually an ASSline) created such an explosion of confusion!

[hanamizu]

“Wasn’t there a “coincidental” finding of radioisotopes just the other day?”

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When this was first being reported, there were reports of ‘tasting/smelling metal’—made me think of the series Chernobyl.

[Bommer]

Back in the day there were cooy editors who would review the reporters illiteracy and try to make sense of it. Now, "I's rights it, den I's publicish it!" Thank you DNC Run schools.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Calvin Locke]

The locals reported hearing a “sisss”. Then came the “boom”, followed by a “bah”.

They thought it was just another sheep exploding.

/yesterday’s Johnny Carson thread.

[Seruzawa]

You give them too much credit. They are as stupid as they appear.

[Calvin Locke]

"Headlines are very often not written by the article's author."

Such as: (Wikipedia) Mush from the Wimp?

[Mark17]

I think it is supposed to read, “Iran site struck by suspected missile.”

Mossad?

[broken_clock]

Overaccelerating centrifuge?

[lgjhn23]

Maybe an inside job by a double agent...good riddance to whatever is that could create a hole that big.