Ali Daei says expulsion in Shahid Rajaee Port a disaster

TABNAK, May. 01 - Ali Daei, Iranian football legend, believes that the explosion at the Shahid Rajai Port in Bandar Abbas was a humanitarian disaster.

News ID: 6369

Date: 01 May 2025 - 13:53

A large blast shook Iran's Shahid Rajaee port near Bandar Abbas in Hormozghan province, causing extensive material damage and killing an injuring hundreds of people.

Following the incident, former world's top scorer reacted to this on his personal Instagram page.

TABNAK reached out to Ali Daei to know his viewpoint of the issue and some side issues:

On Wednesday, a news report with a video was published on some media outlets, stating that Ali Daei was in Bandar Abbas; what do you think about this?

First of all, I feel it necessary to share my condolences with the people of Iran, especially the families who were bereaved by the Shahid Rajaee Pier incident. Because the grief and sorrow of these people is the grief and sorrow of all of us.Through TABNAK which has always published my words without any shortcomings, I must inform you that I was not in Iran when this unfortunate incident occurred so it is not true. I was only able to express my condolences to the people of Hormozgan and Bandar Abbas, especially the families who lost their loved ones, by publishing a story, and I had not written anything specific that would cause sensitivity.

Even there were reports on your announcement of 20 billion tomans in aid to the truck drivers who were injured in this incident?

An accurate and complete report has not been published on the amount of human and financial damages in this incident yet, so how can someone help the victims? I have always been beside the people. At first, let the depth of the damage from this incident become clear, then we can plan for the side issues.

Yes, unfortunately, people are still in shock at the scale of this incident?

In my opinion, this was a great human tragedy. At the moment, I can only express my condolences to my dear compatriots, especially the noble people of Hormozgan and Bandar Abbas, who have been the guardians of our sea borders in the south of the country throughout the turbulent history of Iran.