A Defense Ministry spokesman said a gas explosion near the Parchin complex had caused no injuries. But the base is also a major military development site.
Satellite photographs show the explosion happened at a missile production facility. Iran said the episode was a gas explosion at a different military base.
Explosionen in Kraftwerken, Krankenhäusern und Rüstungsanlagen erschüttern seit Tagen die Islamische Republik. Sind sie Teil einer asymmetrischen Attacke?
The explosion rocked the Sepahan Boresh factory in the city of Baqershahr, south of Tehran, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to state media.
Die Serie von Explosionen in strategisch sensiblen Einrichtungen reißt nicht ab. Zwar sind Hintergründe und Ursachen noch nicht eindeutig geklärt. Doch für den Iran steht vor allem ein Land unter Verdacht: Israel.
Decanters at a petrochemical facility in southwest Iran caught fire due to a hot oil leak on Sunday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.The fire o
The incident is under investigation, according to Iran state media, Press TV, which cited an anonymous Iranian security official as saying that there was "no evidence" of sabotage.
On Saturday, another explosion reportedly rocked restive Khuzestan province as a pipeline went up in flames
A blast rocked a power plant in Iran's province of Isfahan, in the country's center, on Sunday, Reuters reports, citing local media outlets.
According to the initial reports, there were no injuries in the incident, but the local power supply was disrupted.
Earlier, on Saturday, an oil pipeline reportedly went up in flames in western Iran, following a string of explosions and fires at industrial and military sites across the country.