{"id":331092,"date":"2025-05-01T22:30:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=331092"},"modified":"2025-05-01T23:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T22:00:51","slug":"a-city-in-ashes-the-hidden-tragedy-of-bandar-abbas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/a-city-in-ashes-the-hidden-tragedy-of-bandar-abbas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA City in Ashes: The Hidden Tragedy of Bandar Abbas\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A survivor walks past the charred remains of two trucks near the blast site in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran \u2014 April 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two-minute read<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Bandar Abbas, a bustling port city on Iran\u2019s southern coast, is now a city of ashes, mourning, and unanswered questions. Days after a catastrophic explosion tore through the Shahid Rajaee port, the fires still burn, the air remains choked with black smoke, and families search desperately for loved ones who never came home.<\/p>\n

It began on the afternoon of April 26. Witnesses recall a deafening blast that shook the entire city\u2014its shockwave felt as far away as Hormuz Island. \u201cThe explosion was like a hammer hitting my skull,\u201d one resident told Simay Azadi reporters<\/a>. \u201cIn an instant, everything\u2014memories, people, lives\u2014was swallowed by smoke and fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the epicenter was the Sina Company compound<\/a>, linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a firm reportedly involved in supplying arms and explosives to the regime\u2019s military. But this was no ordinary accident. As information slowly seeps through censorship and government silence, a chilling narrative emerges: a lethal cargo<\/a>, falsely declared as ordinary goods, stored illegally in an area never meant to hold hazardous materials.<\/p>\n

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"The National Council of Resistance of #Iran<\/a> (NCRI) has accused the regime in Tehran of lying about the true death toll from the massive explosions at the port of #BandarAbbas<\/a> on Saturday," writes @BreitbartNews<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/yPLEPHBvTo<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n