Blast in Iranian Military camp

[Spring Onion]

A blast is reported in Iranian military camp.

Many deaths are feared

 

[Spring Onion]

Blast at Iran’s Revolutionary Guards base kills 18

Wednesday, 13 Oct, 2010
TEHRAN: Eighteen people were killed in a fire at an ammunitions store in a Revolutionary Guards base in Iran, the Fars news agency quoted a commander of the elite force as saying Wednesday in the latest toll.

“In yesterday's explosion at one of the Guards' bases in Lorestan (in western Iran), 18 people were killed and 14 wounded,” commander Yadollah Bouali said.

He said some of the casualties in Tuesday's blast were workers at the base but did not specify whether they included members of Guards.

On Tuesday, Bouali said the explosion hit when fire spread to the munitions store at the base near the provincial capital Khorramabad.

Iran's Arabic-language Al-Alam television on Tuesday cited a military source it did not identify as saying that “some soldiers” were among the dead at the Imam Ali base.

The Revolutionary Guards have emerged as a powerful military and economic force in Iran in recent years, especially under the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The force was set up after the Islamic revolution of 1979 to defend the revolution against internal and external threats.

The Guards were heavily involved in the government's crackdown on opposition protests that erupted after last's year disputed presidential election results which gave Ahmadinejad a second term.

The force and some of its industrial wings have been targeted by UN sanctions imposed on Iran for pursuing its controversial nuclear programme.

Dawn

 

[WAQAS119]

Every country having issues with America become victim of terrorism...... Strange!

 

[zavis2003]

shia sunni descrimination is not good for all of us muslims and we can eliminate it only when we respect each other religiouly

 

[Areesh]

Every country having issues with America become victim of terrorism...... Strange!

You got it right their.

 

[Aspahbod]

shia sunni descrimination is not good for all of us muslims and we can eliminate it only when we respect each other religiouly

Lurs are Shia not sunni.

 

[marcos98]

'Mossad behind Iranian military base blast'
France's Le Figaro newspaper alleged Monday that the Mossad was responsible for an explosion which took place in Iran's Imam Ali military base, on October 12.

The Imam Ali military base is located some 300 miles southwest of Tehran, amid rough mountainous terrain. It is one of the Islamic Republic's most secure military facilities, said to house a network of underground hangars and various missiles, including Shahab-3 missiles. As such, it is protected by the Revolutionary Guards' Special Forces unit, as well as by advanced anti-missile defense systems.
The explosion claimed the lives of 18 people and left 10 other injured. Iran maintains the blast was the result of a fire which broke out in an ammunition warehouse.

According to Le Figaro the blast was the latest in the Mossad's effort to thwart Iran's nuclear efforts. The paper also links it to other incidents, such as the recent cyber attack which paralyzed Iranian computers, technical sabotage, and various claimed scientist abductions.

The French newspaper said the blast proved to be a serious blow to Iran's ability to defend its sensitive security installations, further weakening its ability to defend its nuclear facilities in case of an attack.

'Mossad behind Iranian military base blast' - Israel News, Ynetnews

 

[Hussein]

Lurs are Shia not sunni.

i don't think he was speaking about the region
but about solidarity

 

[mjnaushad]

May the dead rest in peace....

All others please don't make stupid comments and wait till things unfold. An explosion doesn't necessarily means that its a planted one.

 

[Chogy]

^^ Thank you. Like the recent unfortunate Air Blue crash, sometimes accidents happen.

It's not always some nefarious plot.