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Mystery Blast Rattles Iran’s Nuclear Site.

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An unnerving explosion near Iran’s sensitive Parchin complex has reignited fears over the country’s nuclear ambitions and the risk of a wider regional conflict.

Witnesses reported a powerful explosion and flash in the early hours, close to the facility long linked by Western intelligence to nuclear‑related explosives testing, though Tehran has consistently denied any weapons work there.

Iranian state outlets remained conspicuously quiet in the immediate aftermath, while unofficial channels acknowledged “an incident” without clarifying its cause or extent.

There were no confirmed reports of radiation release, but the symbolism of any strike—or serious accident—at such a site is already reverberating far beyond Iran’s borders.

The blast comes at a moment of extreme tension between Tehran and Washington, following earlier U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear infrastructure and the deployment of additional American naval power to the region.

Analysts are split over whether the event is due to sabotage, a covert military operation, or a devastating malfunction inside a highly guarded military‑industrial zone.

Until hard evidence emerges, one fact is clear: any disturbance at Parchin is more than a local security scare—it is a warning flare over the future of the nuclear standoff in the Middle East.

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