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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour and Deepa Parent

Iranian journalists say they are being muzzled over reporting port explosion

Man in red wearing helmet next to burne- out lorries
An Iranian Red Crescent member at work at Shahid Rajaee port on Monday after Saturday’s explosion. Photograph: Iranian Red Crescent/AFP/Getty Images

Iranian journalists have warned of a media crackdown after a series of incidents, the most recent an explosion at a munitions company in which one person was killed and two injured.

The explosion on Tuesday, for which there has been no official explanation, occurred in Isfahan, only two days after a thwarted cyber-attack on the communications infrastructure on Sunday, and a huge explosion on Saturday at the strategic southern port of Shahid Rajaee, near Bandar Abbas.

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