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June 3, 2021

Iran Navy Ship Catches Fire and Sinks Within Hours of Massive Blaze at Petrochemical Plant
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Iran's largest naval vessel caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Oman
Wednesday. State media reported 33 injuries among the 400 sailors who
had to evacuate the ship. Hours later, a massive fire broke out at a
state-owned petrochemical refinery near Iran's capital, Tehran. It's not
clear what caused the fires, which raised speculation they were the
latest in a string of sabotage attacks by Israel.

The disasters came as a European Union envoy leading talks on restoring
the Iran nuclear deal predicted an agreement will be reached next week.
The first Iran nuclear deal was signed in 2015, but fell apart in 2018
after former President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the agreement, which
has been opposed by Israel.


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