by Nomad
Here are two news stories from inside the Iranian Republic that didn't get much attention in the mainstream press last week.
According to a report from Iran’s state news agency, two workers were killed by an explosion and fire at a top secret Iranian military facility. One of those killed was reportedly an unnamed "nuclear expert."
The semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) also reported that the initial explosive shattered windows 12 kilometers away (about 15 miles) and the glare from the explosion lit up the night sky.
The Parchin site, located east of Tehran, has been off-limits to UN nuclear inspectors since 2005. Countries opposed to Iranian nuclear weapon ambitions have presumed that the site has some special importance to the program.
If
the cause of the explosion was sabotage, it would certainly be a matter of
grave concern for security. As of this time, it is too early to determine the
reasons for the blast and if sabotage were involved, it is unlikely Iranian
officials would publicly announce it. There was, not surprisingly, very little
coverage inside Iran even though the blast and fireball could be seen by the
public.
