What Happened In Parchin, Iran?

There are reports that a major explosion and fire took place at an Iranian missile facility near Tehran.

NCRI - Yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, November 13) a series of explosions rocked Parchin Military Site (where missiles, including Cruise missiles, are manufactured) in southern Tehran. As a result, several military personnel of the site were injured.

The explosions reportedly started in missile industries section of the Site. When shrapnel of the explosions hit another sections, eight other warehouses located next to each other were engulfed in flames.

The fire, which began at 2:00 p.m. and was put out at 8:00 p.m., was so extensive that fire fighters from seven fire stations rushed to the scene. Four of the injured were Mostafa Nourizadeh, Alireza Verdi-lou, Nasser Rezai, and Morteza Motahari.

The clerical regime is trying very hard to prevent the news of the incident to leak and claimed that it was a normal fire. To this effect, in a memorandum to its staff and other relevant organs, it was stipulated that since the area is of military nature, no information should leak. The regime has also established a crisis headquarters to deal with the situation.

Parchin, located 30 kilometers south of Tehran, is a sprawling 60 square kilometer site. Centers and defense related industries located in Parchin belong to the Ministry of Defense (The Defense Industries Organization, Iran’s Aerospace Industries Organization, and Institution for Research and Training of the Defense Industries.)

Via LGF. Here's a map of Iran's missile facilities around Iran. The facility in question may be at these coordinates: 35?31'44.44"N, 51?46'10.26"E. I'll keep snooping around a bit to see whether there is something else that looks promising.

If this report pans out, it might be along the lines of similar incidents in Syria, including the September 6 raid on the Syrian nuclear facility. It is possible that such an incident in Iran may have killed or wounded workers involved in missile development and/or destroyed the technologies needed to build and fabricate the missiles.

It definitely bears further scrutiny.