Two people were killed in a fire at a defence ministry plant east of Tehran for the production of explosives, a media report said today.
The Defence Industries Organisation, quoted by Iran's state news agency IRNA, said the fire broke out at the plant yesterday night but it gave no further details.
Several arms facilities and military bases are located east of the Iranian capital, including Parchin which UN nuclear inspectors have been seeking to visit to answer concerns about Iran's atomic programme.
The base lies at the centre of allegations of past Iranian research into sophisticated explosives that can be used to detonate a nuclear warhead.
Tehran, which has denied inspectors access to Parchin since 2005, insists its nuclear programme is for purely civilian uses.
