INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - President Masoud Pezeshkian traveled to Bandar Abbas on Sunday to visit Shahid Rajaee Port, where a massive explosion caused
tremendous damage and fatalities on Saturday.He paid a visit to a hospital and met individuals who were injured during the incident.The
President attended an extraordinary meeting of the provincial crisis management headquarters, which was held in the presence of ministers
and relevant officials, to expedite the handling of the situation, compensate for the damages, and restore normal conditions to Shahid
Rajaee Port.Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni, Transport and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh, and Red Crescent Society director Pirhossein
Kolivand, are also present.The explosion occurred at around 12.30 pm local time, leaving at least 28 dead and 800 injured, according to the
provincial judiciary department.The strategically important port lies around 15 kilometers southwest of the port of Bandar Abbas on the
northern shore of the Strait of Hormuz.The exact cause of the explosion has yet to be known
However, Fatemeh Mohajerani, the government spokeswoman, said some containers that had been stored at the port and contained chemicals had
probably exploded.Fatemeh Mohajerani, the spokeswoman for the government, declared Monday the day of mourning across the country.Global
Salman, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Qatari
emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Palestinian resistance movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Lebanon's Hezbollah, the Afghan interim
Iranian people and government over the tragic incident.Also, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Cuban Foreign Minister
Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko, Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Tamaki Tsukada, Kurdistan President
Nechirvan Barzani, Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah, Turkmen Foreign
Minister Rashit Meredow, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, and the
Muslim World League sent messages of sympathy and condolences.
This article first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times
