A loud noise heard in the outskirts of the town of Karaj, near the Iranian capital Tehran, on Wednesday was caused by a rocket fired by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during a training exercise, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported.
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"The loud noise heard this afternoon in the suburbs of Karaj was caused by the firing of a rocket during a training exercise from one of the IRGC's bases, which has caused some speculations and rumors online," a spokesperson for the IRGC told IRNA.
In recent months Iran has experienced a spate of mysterious attacks on its nuclear installations and other key facilities, with the regime officials laying the blame on Israel.ย One of the attacks was on a facility that manufactures centrifuge parts. In the wake of that attack, Iran stopped for a while the work of international inspectors there, claiming it could not replace the cameras.
The latest explosion comes a day after Iran marked the two-year anniversary of the killing of the IRGC's Qods Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, who was in charge of spreading Iranian terrorist activities in the region.
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