{"id":331033,"date":"2025-04-30T08:06:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T07:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=331033"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:23:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:23:35","slug":"we-dug-with-our-hands-voices-from-bandar-abbas-reveal-human-cost-of-a-iranian-regimes-calculated-negligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/we-dug-with-our-hands-voices-from-bandar-abbas-reveal-human-cost-of-a-iranian-regimes-calculated-negligence\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe Dug with Our Hands\u201d: Voices from Bandar Abbas Reveal Human Cost of Iranian Regime\u2019s Calculated Negligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_331034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-331034\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-331034\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-bandar-abbas-rajaee-port-explosion-e1745996763105.jpg\" alt=\"Bandar Abbas, Iran \u2013 April 27, 2025 - Thick plumes of smoke rise from the wreckage of Shahid Rajaee Port after a massive explosion involving hazardous cargo containers\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-bandar-abbas-rajaee-port-explosion-e1745996763105.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-bandar-abbas-rajaee-port-explosion-e1745996763105-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-bandar-abbas-rajaee-port-explosion-e1745996763105-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-bandar-abbas-rajaee-port-explosion-e1745996763105-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-bandar-abbas-rajaee-port-explosion-e1745996763105-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-bandar-abbas-rajaee-port-explosion-e1745996763105-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-331034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bandar Abbas, Iran \u2013 April 27, 2025 &#8211; Thick plumes of smoke rise from the wreckage of Shahid Rajaee Port after a massive explosion involving hazardous cargo containers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Three-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bandar Abbas, Iran \u2014 April 29, 2025 \u2014 The heat of the flames still radiates across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/report-catastrophic-explosions-at-bandar-abbas-port-reveal-regime-negligence-and-economic-fragility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruins of Rajaei Port<\/a>. In the chaos that followed the massive explosion at the heart of Iran\u2019s most strategic shipping terminal, the devastation stretches far beyond twisted steel and scorched earth. It is found in the voices of the survivors \u2014 the burned, the buried, the bereaved \u2014 who now speak from the edge of a calamity that state media cannot contain, and the regime cannot explain away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMy brother was helping others walk out. He was alive after the first blast. And now they tell us \u2018God bless him,\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baharnews.ir\/news\/527524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said <em>Akbar Tajiki<\/em><\/a>, whose brother Esmaeil is among the many still missing. \u201cThey gave us bones. They said come for DNA tests. They don\u2019t even want to count.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around the remains of Sina Port Services, where the fire is still burning, witnesses describe a horror that remains unacknowledged by the very authorities who oversaw its creation. According to multiple accounts, highly flammable and unregistered materials \u2014 suspected to be linked to military-grade compounds \u2014 were stored for weeks under the searing southern sun. Then came the detonation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BandarAbbas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BandarAbbas<\/a> Explosion Reveals <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Regime&#39;s Priorities: Survival Over Accountability<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1EMBYFULAS\">https:\/\/t.co\/1EMBYFULAS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1916848374382465143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt was like the sky cracked open,\u201d said one dockworker. \u201cPeople flew. Glass tore through faces. I saw bodies. Dozens. Crushed. Burned. Screaming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another man, eyes swollen from smoke exposure, muttered, \u201cIt was as if the world ended.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hospitals Overflow, Streets Go Silent<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bandar Abbas today is a city grieving in private. Its streets are empty \u2014 not from mourning rituals, but from chemical contamination. Authorities insist the air is safe, but residents know better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMy lungs burn. My chest is tight. The air stinks of melted plastic and death,\u201d said a worker who barely escaped the blaze. \u201cWe were told to wear N95s if we go outside. But even indoors, it feels like poison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Behind the hospital walls, families wait. Some for news. Others for bodies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe found no one in our house. We came here. My daughter worked at the dock. She\u2019s gone,\u201d a woman whispered from outside a triage unit, unable to enter. \u201cThey told me to pray. That\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Thread?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Thread<\/a> : Catastrophic explosions at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Bandar Abbas Rajaei Port (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BandarAbbasExplosion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BandarAbbasExplosion<\/a>) on April 26\u201327 devastated the area.<br \/>Eyewitnesses told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/en_simayazadi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#en_simayazadi<\/a>: &quot;the regime censors the truth; the port has turned into a graveyard.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OPlphebcUd\">pic.twitter.com\/OPlphebcUd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/1916846497469018578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Catastrophe Concealed<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the outset, state officials have tightly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/bandar-abbas-explosion-reveals-iranian-regimes-priorities-survival-over-accountability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controlled the narrative<\/a>. Ministry of Health personnel were barred from releasing casualty figures. Initial reports claimed \u201ca few dozen deaths.\u201d But witnesses say the toll is in the hundreds \u2014 mostly low-wage workers, many women. Families say they cannot find their sons, daughters, husbands \u2014 many of them migrants or shift workers with no official records.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A fire commander, interviewed in the smoldering wreckage, said:\u00a0\u201cThe containers were sealed. We didn\u2019t know what was inside. It was burning from the inside out. No water reached it. We could only wait and hope the fire consumed itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A report by state news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilna.ir\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-4\/1629630-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9-%D9%85%D9%86%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D9%BE%D9%88-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ILNA later confirmed<\/a> the obvious: the cargo was mislabeled as non-hazardous. Ghasem Jafari, CEO of the port contractor company, admitted that the explosion was caused by \u201cfalse declarations about extremely dangerous materials,\u201d with no customs registration.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ro\" dir=\"ltr\">Report: Catastrophic Explosions at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BandarAbbas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BandarAbbas<\/a> Port Reveal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s Regime Negligence and Economic Fragility<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H25EmJ9hHj\">https:\/\/t.co\/H25EmJ9hHj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1916614979018719737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Regime\u2019s Military Footprint<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Multiple sources \u2014 including workers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranntv.com\/951229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">independent journalists<\/a> \u2014 point to the involvement of IRGC-linked contractors, using civilian infrastructure for covert military storage. According to residents and leaked reports, the materials may have included components used in solid-fuel missiles, quietly stored in commercial docks to avoid international scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt wasn\u2019t food. It wasn\u2019t textiles,\u201d said one survivor. \u201cIt was something else. They buried it under shipping labels. And now it\u2019s buried us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is not the first time Iran\u2019s militarized logistics have endangered civilians. But it may be the most visible \u2014 and the most devastating.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tragic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tragic<\/a>:<br \/>Explosions  that rocked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BandarAbbas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BandarAbbas<\/a> port occured where IRGC-controlled containers held missile solid fuel components. The company is owned by the Ministry of Defence &amp; Armed Forces Logistics. <br \/>Very telling.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LtSlDVHhPm\">https:\/\/t.co\/LtSlDVHhPm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2JXmdKK8wf\">pic.twitter.com\/2JXmdKK8wf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shahin Gobadi (@gobadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gobadi\/status\/1916572742695948493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">State Media: A Controlled Whimper<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even state-aligned outlets like <em>Etemad<\/em>, <em>ILNA<\/em>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rouydad24.ir\/fa\/news\/409763\/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9-%D9%85%D9%86%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%88-%D8%AF%D9%BE%D9%88-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Rouydad24<\/em> acknowledged<\/a> the lack of transparency. \u201cDangerous cargo was declared as regular goods,\u201d <em>Rooidad24<\/em> wrote in a rare moment of candor. Another outlet referred to the cover-up as a \u201csystemic failure\u201d rooted in \u201cconflict of declarations\u201d and non-enforcement of basic safety protocols.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yet, no one in official channels dares mention the IRGC\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Instead, the regime has scrambled to manage optics. Spokespeople blame &#8220;clerical errors,&#8221; promise &#8220;investigations,&#8221; and launch committees to find scapegoats. Meanwhile, mass funerals unfold, and the silence of death is broken only by shouts of rage.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Nation in Mourning \u2014 and in Protest<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From Bushehr to Rasht, Marivan to Isfahan, vigils have spread. Truckers hung banners in mourning. Musicians canceled festivals. In Behesht Zahra Cemetery and across improvised graveyards near Bandar Abbas, entire families cry over unnamed bodies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is time,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iran-protests-defiant-tehran-protester-arrested-after-shouting-death-to-khamenei-in-broad-daylight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one man cried<\/a> in a viral clip. \u201cTime to rise. Time to tear out the roots of this cruel regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 URGENT \u2014 EXCLUSIVE: The man arrested in Tehran for chanting &quot;Death to Khamenei&quot; is Hamid Kashani. He had previously been imprisoned on charges of &quot;propaganda against the regime&quot; and &quot;supporting the<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mojahedineng<\/a><br \/>,&quot; spending years in Evin and Gohardasht prisons under torture.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JdJvJSluyN\">https:\/\/t.co\/JdJvJSluyN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/1916587646328963208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What happened in Bandar Abbas was not just an accident \u2014 it was a consequence. A consequence of a regime that has long viewed militarism, secrecy, and suppression not as risks, but as governing tools.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In prioritizing weapons over welfare, concealment over safety, and impunity over accountability, the Iranian authorities have now reaped the inevitable: a disaster of their own making, borne by the very people they claim to defend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Iran\u2019s younger generation \u2014 the ones burying parents and friends this week \u2014 Bandar Abbas may become a turning point. Not just a wound, but a warning. A final indictment of a regime that can no longer distinguish between defending the nation and destroying it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-minute read Bandar Abbas, Iran &mdash; April 29, 2025 &mdash; The heat of the flames still radiates across the ruins of Rajaei Port. 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