{"id":54272,"date":"2020-07-19T12:54:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T17:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54272"},"modified":"2020-07-19T12:56:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T17:56:09","slug":"blast-hits-power-plant-in-central-iran-sunday-as-mainstream-media-admits-its-likely-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54272","title":{"rendered":"Blast Hits Power Plant In Central Iran Sunday As Mainstream Media Admits &#8216;It&#8217;s Likely Israel&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/another-blast-hits-power-plant-central-iran-us-media-says-its-likely-israel\">Blast Hits Power Plant In Central Iran Sunday As Mainstream Media Admits &#8216;It&#8217;s Likely Israel&#8217;<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet another strange and&nbsp;<strong>unexplained explosion has rocked central Iran on Sunday<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/blast-at-power-plant-in-irans-central-isfahan-province-irna-635572\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;state-owned Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citing no injuries during the large explosion, it occurred at a power station in the city of Islamabad, which is in the central province of Isfahan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this point, the spate of &#8216;mystery&#8217; blasts and fires which has damaged key military, nuclear, and industrial sites across Iran &#8211; especially in and around Tehran &#8211; is\u00a0<strong>approaching a dozen in only the past month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/iranblastnew.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/iranblastnew.jpg?itok=noAiF2lm\"><em>A separate, prior explosion in Iran over the weekend.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like with many of the prior incidents, many of which were deadly, Iranian officials&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/blast-at-power-plant-in-irans-central-isfahan-province-irna-635572\">downplayed<\/a>&nbsp;that it was potentially Israeli or US-backed sabotage on its facilities, saying it was likely caused by the erosion of a transformer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Separately on Sunday, cellophane factory in northwest Iran erupted in fire. Video and images showed a huge cloud of smoke billowing from the site through the day as firefighters struggled to put it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1284828830033641473&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fanother-blast-hits-power-plant-central-iran-us-media-says-its-likely-israel&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=9066bb2%3A1593540614199&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u2019s civil defense organization chief, Ghulam Reza Jalali, was cited in state media as saying&nbsp;<strong>Iran is not ruling out sabotage on the power plant<\/strong>&nbsp;either by internal opposition groups or externally supported entities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To review, all of this comes after earlier this month an advanced centrifuge assembly plant at Iran&#8217;s Natanz nuclear site was destroyed in a mysterious fire which is increasingly being blamed on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/iran-power-plant-explosion-blast-isfahan-province-a9626796.html\">Israeli or US intelligence<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>A former official suggested the blaze could have been an attempt to sabotage work at the plant, which has been involved in activities that breach an international nuclear deal.<\/strong><\/p><p>On 26 June, an explosion occurred east of Tehran near the Parchin military and weapons development base that the authorities said was caused by a leak in a gas storage facility in an area outside the base.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blast Hits Power Plant In Central Iran Sunday As Mainstream Media Admits &#8216;It&#8217;s Likely Israel&#8217; Yet another strange and&nbsp;unexplained explosion has rocked central Iran on Sunday,&nbsp;reports&nbsp;state-owned Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). 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