An explosion at an Iranian military facility has left two people dead and several others wounded, the country's media reported Thursday.
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The Tasnim news agency cited Iranian officials as saying that an "industrial accident" had taken place in one of the facilities on the Parchin military base, resulting in several casualties.
Other Iranian media outlets reported that an explosion took place at the heart of the military compound, killing two "military experts."
The Intellitimes intelligence blog cited media reports alleging that the explosion was the result of a drone strike.
According to foreign sources, the explosion in the heart of the #Perchin base occurred following an attack by armed drones, similar to the attack on the centrifuge plant near Karj.
— אינטלי טיימס - Intelli Times (@IntelliTimes) May 26, 2022
Parchin is a large military complex located about 30 kilometers (19 miles) southeast of Tehran. It is closely linked to the Islamic republic's missile program and is also believed to house sites associated with the Iranian nuclear weapons.
While Iran denies any nefarious activity is taking place at the complex, it consistently denies International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors access to the site.
A massive blast rocked the Parchin base on June 26, 2020. The Iranian Defense Ministry said at the time that there had been an explosion at a gas storage facility in the "public area" of Parchin – not the military site, yet some foreign media reports insisted it was an act of Israeli sabotage.
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