{"id":109813,"date":"2025-05-05T09:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=109813"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:02:35","slug":"109813","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=109813","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think that Operation Nitro Zeus never really ended.<\/p>\n<p>Quip O&#8217; The Day: <em>&#8216;Cardboard factory&#8217;, suuuure<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/vodkapundit\/2025\/05\/05\/what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-iran-n4939487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What the Hell Is Going on in Iran This Time?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iran is on fire \u2014 literally, again \u2014 and nobody knows why. A massive power plant and a &#8220;cardboard factory&#8221; caught fire bigly in Iran over the weekend. But there is impressive new video of Iran&#8217;s port explosion from last week.<\/p>\n<p>Iran International reported that a &#8220;series of incidents unfolded in Alborz Province, west of Tehran, on Saturday evening, including two fires, reports of an explosion, and a magnitude 4.0 earthquake, according to official statements and eyewitness accounts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Israeli action? Typical authoritarian regime attention to maintenance issues? God just doesn&#8217;t like the mullahs&#8217; regime? Who knows.<\/p>\n<p>For reasons yet unknown, the Montazer Ghaem power plant in Karaj, just west of Tehran, caught fire on Saturday. Here&#8217;s that video:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fire reported at the Montazer Ghaem power plant near Karaj, west of Tehran. No official confirmation or known cause yet.<\/p>\n<p>Unbelievable. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nP2HX5j3Xe\">pic.twitter.com\/nP2HX5j3Xe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Osint613\/status\/1918759028835901454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThose cooling towers make Montazer Ghaem look like it might be a nuclear power plant, but it burns natural gas and other fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran posted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IranIntl_En\/status\/1918770443961421855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1918770443961421855%7Ctwgr%5Ee4c3c4c94b6570f1ad872e6b1bf9ab633ec1e4d5%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iranintl.com%2Fen%2F202505032229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">undated video<\/a>\u00a0of the plant not on fire and claimed that there was nothing to see here, move along.<\/p>\n<p>In the same province, also on Saturday, a &#8220;cardboard manufacturing factory&#8221; was seen burning brightly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A large fire engulfed a cardboard manufacturing factory in Nazarabad, west of Tehran province, on Saturday evening, according to videos obtained by Iran International.<br \/>\nFootage from the scene shows heavy flames and thick plumes of smoke rising from the facility. As of now, there\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c03cDK4KdH\">pic.twitter.com\/c03cDK4KdH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranIntl_En\/status\/1918758638614704577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think that Operation Nitro Zeus never really ended. Quip O&#8217; The Day: &#8216;Cardboard factory&#8217;, suuuure What the Hell Is Going on in Iran This Time? Iran is on fire \u2014 literally, again \u2014 and nobody knows why. A massive power plant and a &#8220;cardboard factory&#8221; caught fire bigly in Iran over the weekend. 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