Storm caused power plant outage in Karaj,not attack: Iranian sources
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Iranian officials denied reports of any attacks or explosions in Karaj, attributing a local power outage to a sandstorm and confirming a nearby earthquake.
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Explosions seen in the Iranian city of Karaj on February 24, 2023. (X photo)
Official Iranian sources denied to Al Mayadeen on Saturday evening that any security incident had occurred on Iranian soil, stating that "there is no truth to reports that a power station in the city of Karaj, west of the capital Tehran, was attacked."
The sources reaffirmed that a power outage in parts of the city was caused by a massive sandstorm that hit the city an hour ago, while confirming that supply teams were working to restore things to normal quickly.
Tasnim News Agency reported that an earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale struck west of Tehran at around 9:00 PM.
Several Israeli websites and platforms, as well as Arabic and Persian-language accounts, have circulated social media claims of an explosion at a power station in the Iranian city of Karaj, as well as claims of an explosion at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard base.
