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At least five people were killed and several others injured in separate explosions in southern and southwestern Iran, local media reported on Saturday, Anadolu reports. According to Mehr News Agency, the Ahvaz Municipality Fire Department and Safety Services said the blast occurred at a four-unit residential complex in the Kianshahr neighborhood of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran, killing four people. The official said the explosion was caused by a leak in the city’s gas network. Separately, an unknown substance exploded in an eight-story building located in an alley off Moallem Boulevard in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, according to the Fars news agency. A four-year-old girl was killed in the explosion, and about 14 other people were injured. More than 10 vehicles […]
