IRAN DENIES INFORMATION ABOUT EXPLOSION NEAR BUSHEHR
RIA Novosti
TEHRAN/BERLIN, February 16 (RIA Novosti) - The Iranian leadership denies information about a powerful explosion in the southern Iranian province Bushehr on the Persian Gulf coast.
"There was no explosion near Deilam and information about a missile attack is even more absurd," a source in the Iranian emergency headquarters said on Wednesday.
"Deilam residents did not hear any explosion," he noted.
Local media report contradictive information about the incident. For instance, they speak about an explosion at an oil terminal giving no details.
Deilam is located near the Bushehr nuclear power plant. Russian specialists are involved in its construction.
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said after the talks with his German counterpart Joschka Fischer that he knew nothing about the explosion in Bushehr.
Mr. Kharazi is visiting Berlin in connection with the opening of the new premises of the Iranian embassy in Germany.
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