On Tuesday, April 29, an explosion at the explosive manufacturing company Ava Nar Parsian Chemical Industries, located in the central province of Isfahan, Iran, left at least one person dead and two injured with burns.
The blast occurred at 10:30 a.m. in a warehouse of the company located in the city of Meymeh, according to Mansour Shisheforoush, the provincial government's director general of disaster management.
Emergency teams, including firefighters and the Red Crescent, were quickly deployed to the scene, and the injured were transported to nearby medical centers. The warehouse structure was damaged, especially the roof, and the causes of the incident are still under investigation.
Ava Nar Parsian is one of the leading Iranian companies dedicated to the manufacture of industrial explosives, including more than 50 types of fireworks, hunting powder, and mining materials.
It operates under the supervision of the Supreme National Security Council, the highest Iranian authority on security issues. Official documents reveal that certain decisions within the company are under the control of the ''Intelligence Protection Organization for the Management of Weapons and Ammunition of the province of Isfahan'', which reinforces its connection with the Iranian military and intelligence apparatus.
According to investigations by the media Iran International, the company may have links to military programs. One of its senior executives, Damoun Beheshtnejad, was previously a manager at Nargostar Sepahan, another chemical facility in Isfahan that suffered an explosion in June 2021.
