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TEHRAN, Iran — A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander killed in an explosion at an ammunition depot was testing an intercontinental missile when the blast occurred, his brother was quoted by a government newspaper as saying Saturday. Hours later, he reportedly denied the comments.
The conflicting accounts reflect the extreme sensitivity in Iran about the explosion, which killed at least 21 people, including Gen. Hasan Tehrani Moghaddam, who was in charge of the country’s missile program.
Iran said an accident caused the explosion Nov. 12, rejecting Western suspicions that Israeli sabotage touched it off as a pre-emptive strike against weapons that could potentially hit the Jewish state.
