TEHRAN — Iran denied reports of a blast heard near a key nuclear facility on Tuesday, as new satellite pictures emerged of damage from an earlier explosion that left 17 dead at another location.
“In the afternoon, there was a noise like an explosion,” provincial judiciary head Gholamreza Ansari was quoted as saying by ISNA news agency on Monday.
Mohammad-Mahdi Ismaili, Isfahan’s deputy governor in political and security affairs, called the reports “sheer lies” on Tuesday, according the Jerusalem Post quoting the IRNA news agency.
An official from the city’s fire department also denied that there had been an explosion, the newspaper said.
via Report: Mystery blast near Iran nuke facility – World news – Mideast/N. Africa – Iran – msnbc.com.
