Just before sunset on 05JAN2026 (Iran time) the giant Kalleh Dairy operation blew up! Some sources report several explosions were heard.  As I write this most of the factory is still on fire and evacuations for everybody within a one kilometer radius are taking place.

This Kalleh Dairy is located in Amol City, Amol County, Mazandaran province. Video via Fars News:

Speculators (which include some Iranian government officials) have suggested a construction/welding accident caused a fire which caused an explosion, or it was sabotage by protestors or even a military strike (it is part of the U.S./Israeli military policy to target such places as they are considered ‘dual use’ facilities).

This is not the first time a Kalleh Dairy operation was destroyed.  In 2019 a dairy in Karbala, Iraq, was destroyed by fire and was determined to be sabotage.

2025: News from Iran.