The World - News from May 9, 1989
A tanker exploded as it unloaded jet fuel at Iran’s main naval base in the Persian Gulf, killing at least 40 people and destroying a number of small vessels, shipping officials said. Lloyd’s Shipping Intelligence Unit said the blast occurred either April 29 or 30 at the port of Bandar Abbas. It identified the ship as either the Minab 2 or Minab 3, both of which are 15,000-ton tankers operated by the National Iranian Tanker Co. There was no explanation for the delay in the report. The incident has not been mentioned by the official IRNA news agency, and a U.S. military source said the Navy had no information on it.
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