A massive explosion this morning in the port of Rajaishahr, southern Iran. An administrative building was destroyed.

Over 500 people were injured , according to state media. But there were also at least four victims.

Iran's National Oil Refining and Distribution Company said in a statement that the explosion was not linked to refineries , fuel depots or the company. It added that hospitals in the provincial city of Bandar Abbas and nearby towns were on alert.

The same port, according to what the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports in its online edition, had been the target of a cyberattack by Israel in 2020, according to Tehran.

(Online Union)

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