A large fire broke out Saturday night at a steel factory in the southeast city of Zarand in Iran. It's the latest in a mysterious string of blasts and 'accidental' blazes at sensitive sites to beset the Islamic Republic, raising questions of.
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The countries involved in negotiations on renewing the nuclear deal with Iran had agreed to lift all major sanctions on Iran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced on Thursday, according to the Iranian Fars News Agency. All parties to the talks have agreed to lift all major sanctions on oil, petrochemicals, shipping, insurance, the central bank and so on, he said. We have taken the main step and discussed the details. The main agreement has been reached. There are issues we are discussing to reach a final agreement, Fars News Agency cited Rouhani as saying.
Iran’s chief negotiator and deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi said yesterday that U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached a framework on an agreement, adding that there were still some differences on key issues and teams would return to their capitals for consultations.
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An explosion and fire were reported at a petrochemical plant in the Qom province of Iran on Sunday. Two firefighters were seriously injured and two of the fire trucks battling the flames caught fire and were destroyed at Shokuhieh Industrial Town, according to the Iranian Fars News Agency, reported The Jerusalem Post. Some 150 firefighters and 20 firefighting vehicles were deployed to extinguish the large fire. A number of explosions were reported amid the fire. A spokesman for the local fire department told Fars that the fire had been prevented from reaching nearby tanks which would have caused a very large accident if they had caught fire.