The top leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today ordered a “in -depth investigation” for the causes of the explosion in the largest port of Iran, which caused the deaths of at least 40 people and the injury of more than 1,000.

“Safety and justice officials must conduct a thorough investigation in order to reveal any negligence or intention” that caused this explosion, Hamenei said in a statement.

Iranian President Massoud Pezkian, who also ordered the start of an investigation, went to the port in the afternoon, where a fire was still raging, in order to express his “gratitude” to the emergency groups, according to images reported by public television.

The explosion, heard within a tens of kilometers, occurred yesterday, Saturday, around 11:30 am Greece at a pier of the port of Sahid Rajai, where 85% of the goods to Iran were transported.

This strategic port is located near the large coastal town of Bandar Abbas (south), in the strait of Hormuz, where one fifth of world oil production, a thousand kilometers south of Tehran.

“Interest, 40 people have lost their lives with wounds caused by the explosion,” Mohammad Asouri, a Crimzgan province (south), where the port of Shahid Rajai is located on television.

A previous Iranian Red Crescent report spoke of 28 dead and more than 1,000 injured.

The disaster is probably due to a fire in a storage zone of dangerous materials and chemicals, according to the Customs Service.

“Only one port of the port (…) was hit by the fire, and the loading and unloading operations continue normally in many other zones,” said Urban Development Minister Farzaneh Sandeg, according to official media.

The many port warehouses are distributed to an area of ​​24,000 acres.

The Ministry of Defense said that “there has been and there was no cargo at this time (…) for military fuels or military use in the fire zone.”

The New York Times, citing an anonymous source adjacent to the revolution guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, previously said that the explosion was caused by sodium supercar, a substance contained in the synthesis of solid fuel for missiles.

In the early night of today, state television broadcast images of fire that is still raging in the port, where only Iranian media are allowed to take pictures.

Airplanes and helicopters have been sent to combat flames, according to images that the television broadcast earlier.

Authorities ordered the closure today-which is a working day in Iran-of the offices and schools in Bandar Abbas, a city of about 650,000 inhabitants, as the spread of tobacco continues.

The Ministry of Health called on residents to stay in their homes “until younger”. It was also called for blood supply to the injured.

Authorities have declared tomorrow’s day of mourning, and a three -day national mourning from today in the province of Hormozgan, whose capital is Bandar Abbas. The main base of the Iranian Navy is in the city.

The explosion coincided with the Critical Negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program between Iran and the United States.

Israel, suspected that Iran wants to acquire nuclear weapons like other countries, has been in shadowy war against its sworn enemy for years.

According to the Washington Post, Israel had launched cyberattack against Sahid Rajai port in 2020.

The sabotage scenario has not been reported by Tehran in relation to yesterday’s explosion.