An explosion was reported at an office building in western Tehran on Wednesday night, according to Voice of America. As of yet, there has been no official confirmation of the report.
Footage shared on social media showed emergency services, including ambulances, at the scene. A heavily damaged building could be seen in the footage.
The background of the incident and the exact location of the incident are as of yet unclear.
⚡️ کاربران در شبکههای اجتماعی از شنیدن صدای انفجار در حوالی «شهران» در غرب تهران خبر میدهند. در تصاویر منتشر شده نیز نیروهای امنیتی، و خودروهای آمبولانس و آتشنشانی در محل دیده میشوند. تا این لحظه اخبار رسمی درباره جزئیات این حادثه منتشر نشده است. pic.twitter.com/Z1JkaO6j5I— VOA Farsi (@VOAIran) July 14, 2021
A series of explosions and fires have hit industrial sites and government facilities across Iran, including a number of petrochemical plants and nuclear facilities, in recent weeks and over the past year. Iranian officials have referred to most of the cases as incidents or accidents, although some of the incidents have been blamed on Israel by Iranian officials or reportedly involved foul play.
Aging infrastructure in Iran has also been blamed for at least some of the incidents. Frequent blackouts have been plaguing Iran recently amid the summer heat.
Last month, a sabotage operation against a building likely used to produce centrifuges for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) in Karaj caused major damage, The Jerusalem Post learned.
In April, thousands of centrifuges were reportedly damaged in an explosion at a nuclear facility in Natanz. The explosion was the fifth such incident at Natanz in the past 15 years, according to Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani, former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization.
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