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Explosion in Iran’s capital kills two, damages factory

07 July 2020 - 13:42 By Reuters
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Human error was the cause of the blast in a factory. File photo
Human error was the cause of the blast in a factory. File photo
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Two people were killed in an explosion in a factory in the south of Tehran, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday.

"Human error was the cause of the blast in a factory ... Two people were killed and three others were injured," said a local official. 

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