🇮🇷 | CCTV Footage of the Moment the Fire Started at Shahid Rajaee Port

🔸 The fire initially appears small with minimal smoke, but about a minute and a half after it begins, the blaze intensifies rapidly, leading to a massive explosion.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: The IDF issues an evacuation order for a building and its surroundings in Al-Hadath neighbourhood, Beirut

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Israeli drones over Beirut now

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: The appartment complex roof was knocked, strike is imminent

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: Israeli airstrikes in Beirut against the previously announced target

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Footage of the Israeli airstrike in Beirut

Israel claims it was a weapons depot, but no secondary explosions were seen.

In fact, it was a religious gathering site for Shia Muslims.

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—❗️🇾🇪/🇦🇪 BREAKING: Hundreds of officers belonging to the UAE-backed 'Yemeni National Resistance' have defected to Ansarallah (the Houthis), and gathered in the capital Sanaa for briefing

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— 🇾🇪/🇦🇪 NOTE: These officers defected from the UAE-backed 'Yemeni National Resistance', their territory is illustrated by the Blue area on Yemen's Western Coast

They are led by General Tareq Saleh, nephew of the late President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former Houthi ally that defected to the side of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in 2017.

It seems almost all of their high command have defected.

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— ❗️🇮🇷 The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, on the port blast:

'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. We belong to Allah, and to Him, we shall return.

The tragic incident at Shahid Rajaee Port evokes sadness and concern.

The security and judicial authorities must conduct a thorough investigation, uncover any negligence or intentional acts, and follow up in accordance with the regulations.

All officials must consider themselves responsible for preventing such tragic and destructive incidents.

I pray to Allah for mercy and forgiveness for the victims, patience and solace for their grieving families, and a speedy recovery for those injured in this painful incident. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to those individuals who patiently waited and were ready to donate blood for the injured in their moment of need.'

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷/🇺🇸 Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu:

'We will not accept anything less than the complete destruction of Iran's nuclear facilities to ensure they do not attempt to revive their program under another U.S. administration.

We will not allow the United States to reach a deal with Iran that is not like the Libyan settlement, and we will act with force if necessary.'

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🇮🇷| UPDATE: Latest death toll in Bandar Abbas blast incident sits at 40 — Eskandar Momeni, Minister of Interior.

The pier where the explosion took place holds a maximum of 3,500 containers. It’s a small area on scale compared to the entire Shahid Rajaee Port's 30,000 containers, but it was also a major incident, says the minister.

— 🇮🇷/🇷🇺/🇸🇦 NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and King Salman of Saudi Arabia have extended their condolences to the Iranian victims of the Shahid Rajaee port explosion.

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— 🇮🇷 NOTE: Some people are quoting an Iranian Member of Parliament, who is stating that Israel is behind the port explosion.

Iranian Members of Parliament openly express their own opinions, they don't represent the government, just like a random congressman or senator in the U.S. doesn't represent the actual administration.

It's simply an opinion, it is not based on any evidence currently, and the Members of Parliament do not possess any exclusive information, as the investigation has not even started yet.

It's all speculation. Please be more responsible in reporting.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump: 'We're making good progress on Iran. I think we're going to get a deal done there. We'll get a deal without having to drop bombs.'

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Telegram is actually giving me cornea cancer

"ADMIN! ADMIN! There's a fire in Tehran!"

Yes, just because there was a fire in two places within two days, does not mean everything is somehow connected or a grand conspiracy, fires simply happen sometimes.

> There was a fire yesterday
> There is a fire today

The only reason you're noticing this, is because your attention is now focused on this topic.

Fires in a country like Iran happen almost every day, you just weren't paying attention.

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