Mysterious explosion: Iranian commander died during missile testing

STR/AP - Iranians carry the flag draped coffin of a member of Revolutionary Guard, who was killed in an explosion at an ammunition depot west of Tehran on Saturday together with 16 other Guard members.

TEHRAN — A mysterious explosion at an Iranian military base last week was caused when a test of an experimental intercontinental ballistic missile failed, the brother of a senior Revolutionary Guard Corps commander who was killed in the incident said Saturday.
The commander, Gen. Hassan Tehrani Moqadam, was killed Nov. 12, along with 20 other members of the elite corps, at a site 25 miles southwest of Tehran that officials have described as one of the Islamic Republic’s main missile bases. At his funeral, Moqadam was called the “founder” of Iran’s missile program.

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