{"id":96728,"date":"2021-07-11T06:41:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T11:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=96728"},"modified":"2021-07-11T06:41:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T11:41:46","slug":"auto-draft-609","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2021\/07\/11\/auto-draft-609\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast Reported Near Iranian TV, Radio Headquarters in Tehran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"VOA \u2014 CAIRO – Iranian authorities said no one was hurt in a blast early Saturday in Tehran, near the headquarters of Iranian radio and TV.<\/p>\n

Iranian media said the explosion took place in a park, and that there was no damage.<\/p>\n

Amateur video broadcast on Iranian opposition media showed Tehran firefighters trying to extinguish what looked like a major fire near a building in Mellat Park. Eyewitnesses said they heard a loud explosion before the fire broke out.<\/p>\n

Video on social media showed broken glass and damaged windows at stores and shops near the park where the explosion took place.<\/p>\n

Tehran’s fire department spokesman told the official Iranian news agency, IRNA, that claims of a major fire and explosion were false. He said housewives often swear they had seen things but in reality were just imagining them.<\/p>\n

The fire and explosion took place hours after a cyberattack on Iran’s railway network disrupted trains and Tehran’s subway. Iranian opposition media also reported that the transportation ministry website was knocked offline Saturday.<\/p>\n

UAE fire<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adam Roosevelt, a national security analyst based in the United Arab Emirates, told VOA that he did not see any relationship between the fire and explosion in Tehran and the fire at a port facility in the UAE several days ago. Port officials, he said, told him that the fire there “was caused by [combustible materials] that were badly stored.”<\/p>\n

Roosevelt indicated that the cyberattack on Iran’s railway network might have been masterminded by Israel, but more information was needed to prove it.<\/p>\n

Both Israel and Iran have traded accusations in recent months over responsibility for a number of explosions and cyberattacks.<\/p>\n

London-based Iran analyst Ali Nourizadeh told VOA that the fire and explosion overnight could have been much more serious than it finally turned out to be.<\/p>\n

“A colleague of mine who works for [Iranian] radio and television told me the fire was not that huge but that the place [where it occurred] was very important” because of costly property damage that could have occurred, Nourizadeh said.<\/p>\n

The Tehran fire and explosion occurred near a building housing the physics department of Shahid Beheshti University. An amateur video showed the aftermath of an alleged explosion and fire in what appeared to be a physics lab. VOA could not independently confirm the authenticity of the video.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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