Update — 40 dead in Iranian port explosion.
A massive explosion and fire that rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran, purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, has killed at least 40 people and injured around 1,000 others, officials said.
Helicopters and aircraft dumped water on the raging fire through the night into Sunday morning at the Shaid Rajaei port. The explosion happened just as Iran and the United States met Saturday in Oman for the third round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.