{"id":49447,"date":"2026-01-31T10:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=49447"},"modified":"2026-01-31T11:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:18:09","slug":"did-the-zio-anglo-american-axis-just-bomb-southern-iran-to-trigger-world-war-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=49447","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b><i>Did the Zio-Anglo-American Axis just bomb southern Iran to trigger World War III?<\/i><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Explosion occurs at Iran\u2019s southern port of Bandar Abbas: reports<\/h1>\n<div id=\"featured_image_section\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e7d125 featured_image_section elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e7d125\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1101344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Port-of-Bandar-Abbas-_File_Reuters-866x577.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Port-of-Bandar-Abbas-_File_Reuters-866x577.jpg 866w, https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Port-of-Bandar-Abbas-_File_Reuters-254x169.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Port-of-Bandar-Abbas-_File_Reuters-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Port-of-Bandar-Abbas-_File_Reuters.jpg 1000w\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f3d8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"73f3d8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-c593f23 elementor-inline-item\">\n<h5><span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">[File image] Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, Iran, April 27, 2025. <\/span><span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">Image Credits : <\/span><span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">Reuters<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d07e0ac elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d07e0ac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d0ddfa\" data-id=\"9d0ddfa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c0401e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"6c0401e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--more-->Reuters<\/p>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">An explosion occurred at Iran\u2019s southern port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, Iranian media reported, without giving a cause for the blast.<\/p>\n<p>The semi-official Tasnim news agency said that social media reports alleging that a Revolutionary Guard navy commander was targeted in the explosion were \u201ccompletely false\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I<span class=\"tr-strong\">ranian media said the blast was being investigated but gave no further information.<\/span>\u00a0I<span class=\"tr-strong\">ranian authorities could not immediately be contacted for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tr-strong\">The port of Bandar Abbas lies on the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway between Iran and Oman which handles about a fifth of the world\u2019s seaborne oil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tr-strong\">The reported explosion comes amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington after Iranian authorities quelled the biggest protests to convulse the country in three years, and also amid ongoing Western concerns over Iran\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tr-strong\">The nationwide protests erupted in December over economic hardship and posed one of the toughest challenges to the country\u2019s clerical rulers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tr-strong\">At least 5 000 people were killed in the protests, including 500 members of the security forces, an Iranian official told Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump\u00a0said on Thursday\u00a0an \u201carmada\u201d was heading toward Iran.\u00a0<span class=\"tr-strong\">Multiple sources said on Friday that Trump was\u00a0<\/span>weighing options<span class=\"tr-strong\">\u00a0against Iran that include targeted strikes on security forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tr-strong\">Earlier on Saturday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian\u00a0<\/span>accused<span class=\"tr-strong\">\u00a0US, Israeli and European leaders of exploiting Iran\u2019s economic problems, inciting unrest and providing people with the means to \u201ctear the nation apart\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a 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