Another image from Tehran, #Iran
No reports yet of any sound of an explosion. If this was an actual explosion many would be reporting a very loud sound. Nothing yet.
No reports yet of any sound of an explosion. If this was an actual explosion many would be reporting a very loud sound. Nothing yet.
This man in Pardis of Tehran, #Iran, says the sound of an explosion was heard behind those mountains.
Pardis is a town located east of Tehran in northern #Iran
Footage taken from Tehran, #Iran
Around 12:25 am Friday local time
Sound of explosion was not heard.
WSJ:
Iran Investigates Large Explosion Near Key Military Site
Defense Ministry says blast was from an industrial gas tank in a civilian area of Parchin
wsj.com/articles/iran-…
Around 12:25 am Friday local time
Sound of explosion was not heard.
WSJ:
Iran Investigates Large Explosion Near Key Military Site
Defense Ministry says blast was from an industrial gas tank in a civilian area of Parchin
wsj.com/articles/iran-…
More footage—Video has no sound
Iranian authorities said they were investigating an explosion in the early hours of Friday at a Defense Ministry facility east of Tehran, near a site that has been crucial for #Iran’s development of missiles and munitions.
Iranian authorities said they were investigating an explosion in the early hours of Friday at a Defense Ministry facility east of Tehran, near a site that has been crucial for #Iran’s development of missiles and munitions.
The Iranian Defense Ministry said the blast was caused by an explosion in an industrial gas tank in a civilian area of Parchin. The fire was brought under control and the blast caused no casualties, a spokesman for the ministry, Davoud Abdi, said on state television.
Left—The civilian area of Parchin is located SE of Tehran.
Right Top—Reports indicate the military site is SE of Tehran & SW of the city of Pardis.
Right Bottom—Satellite image of the claimed site.
Right Top—Reports indicate the military site is SE of Tehran & SW of the city of Pardis.
Right Bottom—Satellite image of the claimed site.
The Parchin military base is the largest military explosive manufacturing site in Iran.
Another military site, the Khojir missile base, is also located in the general area of the blast.
en.radiofarda.com/a/strong-large…
Another military site, the Khojir missile base, is also located in the general area of the blast.
en.radiofarda.com/a/strong-large…
In Sep 2009, the Iranian opposition NCRI unveiled the location of a military test site in the Khojir military district in eastern Tehran. The site is located in the Khojir military road leading to the Parchin military industrial site.
ncr-iran.org/en/news/ncri-r…
ncr-iran.org/en/news/ncri-r…
Iran has secret underground ‘missile cities’ hiding rockets ready to strike under five layers of concrete
"The entrance to Code 7500, which lies in Khojir, Tehran, is hidden under a number of narrow winding roads across mountainsides in the province."
thesun.co.uk/news/10718776/…
"The entrance to Code 7500, which lies in Khojir, Tehran, is hidden under a number of narrow winding roads across mountainsides in the province."
thesun.co.uk/news/10718776/…
On Parchin
Testing of a UD3 neutron initiator is extensively discussed in the Nuclear Archive, helping explain the IAEA’s detection in 2015 of uranium from sampling done at the Parchin high explosive chamber in 2015, despite Iran’s extensive sanitization.
isis-online.org/isis-reports/m…
Testing of a UD3 neutron initiator is extensively discussed in the Nuclear Archive, helping explain the IAEA’s detection in 2015 of uranium from sampling done at the Parchin high explosive chamber in 2015, despite Iran’s extensive sanitization.
isis-online.org/isis-reports/m…
-Parchin was involved prior to 2004 in high explosive testing related to nuclear weapons development.
-Site was a key part of that nuclear weapons R&D effort.
-Info shows Iran conducted far more high explosive tests at the site than previously understood.
fdd.org/analysis/2018/…
-Site was a key part of that nuclear weapons R&D effort.
-Info shows Iran conducted far more high explosive tests at the site than previously understood.
fdd.org/analysis/2018/…
#Iran's state TV airs footage claiming these are the gas tanks that exploded earlier.
My take:
-The size of the blast would have obliterated this entire site, not just rupture these tanks
-The regime is in cover-up mode as the site was a military complex.
My take:
-The size of the blast would have obliterated this entire site, not just rupture these tanks
-The regime is in cover-up mode as the site was a military complex.
Satellite footage of before & after the explosion east of Tehran (via @obretix)
"Location of last night's explosion about 15km east of Tehran on Sentinel-2 satellite image."
google.com/maps?ll=35.687…
"Location of last night's explosion about 15km east of Tehran on Sentinel-2 satellite image."
google.com/maps?ll=35.687…
Quoting @IntelliTimes
"The blast in eastern Tehran occurred in a complex in #khojir that belonging to Hemmat Missile Industries Factory of Iran's AIO that her Ext' Unit also responsible for establishing SSM Precision Missile Factories in #Syria and Lebanon."
"The blast in eastern Tehran occurred in a complex in #khojir that belonging to Hemmat Missile Industries Factory of Iran's AIO that her Ext' Unit also responsible for establishing SSM Precision Missile Factories in #Syria and Lebanon."
