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Local media reported that the wooden boats known as Lenj caught fire
At least seven ships caught fire in a shipyard in the port of Bushehr in southern Iran, state media reported.
The head of the local crisis management organization told the Irna news agency that the fire had been contained and that no victims had been reported.
The cause was unclear, but it is the latest in a series of mysterious incidents in Iran in recent weeks.
They included explosions and fires at a missile facility, power plant, medical clinic, and nuclear complex.
The incidents have led to speculation about a sabotage campaign.
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On Monday, there was a fire in an industrial area near the north-eastern city of Mashhad. Authorities said six gas storage tanks caught fire and one exploded.
The day before, a fire broke out at a petrochemical facility in the southwestern area of Mahshahr that was attributed to an oil leak.
And on Saturday, several gas cylinders exploded inside the basement of an apartment building in Tehran, the capital’s fire department said.
Iranian authorities have said they are investigating whether sabotage by foreign powers or national opposition groups may have been the cause of previous explosions at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant on July 2 and the Khojir missile production facility. the 26th of June.
In 2010, a computer virus widely developed by the United States and Israel was used to attack machinery in Natanz.
