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Two huge explosions at two separate military bases west of Tehran killed dozens of Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Saturday, Nov. 12. Windows in the capital 40 kilometers away were shattered and vehicles and shops damaged. The blasts were heard in Tehran center.
debkafile‘s military and Iranian sources are making inquiries to find out if the explosions were part of a series carried out by Iranian dissident groups last month or accidental.

On Oct. 12, an IRGC munitions depot was blown up killing at least 12 people.

The suspicion of sabotage is strengthened by the occurrence Friday of a big fire at a Tehran warehouse used according to our sources by the IRGC to store crowd dispersal gear.
The ammo base blown up Saturday in the town of Melard in Shahryar district contained large quantities of rubber bullets, tear gas and other ordnance. A short time later, the second explosion hit a light arms depot at a military camp at Bidganeh several kilometers away. That both were accidents is hardly credible.
The two blasts were confirmed by the Iranian lawmaker Hossein Garussi without further details.

One of the armed dissident groups the Iranian authorities recently broke up was Oghab. Three members were executed and the others were allowed to flee the country. An organization of that name operates in the United States, but its leader denies involvement in any sabotage operations inside Iran.