{"id":336700,"date":"2025-09-10T18:37:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=336700"},"modified":"2025-09-10T19:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T18:17:49","slug":"iran-judiciary-scapegoats-bureaucrats-shields-irgc-in-bandar-abbas-explosion-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-judiciary-scapegoats-bureaucrats-shields-irgc-in-bandar-abbas-explosion-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Judiciary Scapegoats 21 Institutions, Shields IRGC in Bandar Abbas Explosion Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Firefighters battle massive blazes at Rajaei Port in Bandar Abbas following the April 2025 explosion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

Four months after the catastrophic explosion at Rajaei Port<\/a> in Bandar Abbas that left over a thousand dead and injured, the Iranian regime\u2019s judiciary has finally released its long-awaited findings \u2014 but the announcement appears less an effort at accountability than a calculated cover-up. The judiciary named 21 ministries, agencies, and local authorities as responsible for the April 2025 disaster, while entirely omitting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated defense industries, despite mounting evidence directly linking them to the blast.<\/p>\n

A Disaster Rooted in Ballistic Missile Fuel Storage<\/h2>\n

According to information obtained by the National Council<\/a> of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the explosion occurred in the Sina section of the Banagostar Company\u2019s warehouse, where containers filled with sodium perchlorate \u2014 a compound used in solid fuel for ballistic missiles \u2014 were stored. Banagostar is a subsidiary of Sepehr Energy Holding, itself under the control of the Ministry of Defense and tied to the IRGC\u2019s strategic weapons program. Sepehr Energy was sanctioned<\/a> by the U.S. Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on November 29, 2023 for its role in supplying material for Tehran\u2019s missile development.<\/p>\n

Despite this, neither the judiciary\u2019s report nor state-run media outlets made any reference to missile fuel, the IRGC, or Sepehr Energy, instead blaming \u201cbureaucratic mismanagement\u201d and \u201cpoor safety oversight\u201d by various civilian agencies.<\/p>\n

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#BandarAbbas<\/a> Explosion Reveals #Iranian<\/a> Regime's Priorities: Survival Over Accountabilityhttps:\/\/t.co\/1EMBYFULAS<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) April 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n