Was it explosives used in a road construction project? Was it old munitions destroyed by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps unit in the area? Or, was there another reason?
No one really knows for sure and reports are all conflicting over the source, but Tabriz is known to be home to one of Iran's nuclear research facilities.
The explosion was loud enough to cause concern - at least according to some reports.
Carl in Jerusalem is also monitoring events, and wonders at all the conflicting reports.
UPDATE:
More recent reports are still unclear as to the cause, but are pegging the location as southwest of the city. That also puts it close to the suspected location of one of Iran's missile development sites and location of Iran's first missile silos, which are extremely hardened, and are meant to house long range missiles.
A wider satellite overhead view is here:
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UPDATE:
Now, here's supposition on my part - for those that remember the Israeli September 6 airstrike in Syria against this facility, does anyone notice any similarities to the Iranian facility at the quoted link above? To my eye, some of the similarities suggest that the Syrian facility was actually a missile development site where weapons were mated with warheads, as opposed to a nuclear weapons facility (though it doesn't mean that the warheads couldn't carry nukes).
Here's a photo of the Syrian site for comparison purposes:
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UPDATE:
Gateway Pundit also is covering the curious circumstances in Tabriz.
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