Explosion hits Iranian refinery just before Ahmadinejad speech

An explosion blamed on a gas       Abadan, in Iran's oil-rich
leak struck a newly                southwest, according to
inaugurated section of an oil      accounts by domestic Iranian
refinery Tuesday just before       news agencies. One Abadan
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad      resident quoted by the
spoke at the facility's            Associated Press said he saw
ribbon-cutting ceremony,           rescue vehicles rushing to
state media reported.              the site.
At least one person was            Related                       

killed and up to 25 were           Explosion in Abadan, Iran
injured by the explosion in        

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