suggest the presence of sodium or ammonium perchlorate. These chemicals are typically used in munitions, rocket propellants, and explosives. Satellite imagery reviewed by The Washington Post ...

says the explosion was caused by sodium perchlorate—a strong oxidizer that is used as part of rocket fuel. But that seems unlikely, according to Andrea Sella, a chemist at University College London.

An Iranian ship unloaded a shipment of ammonium perchlorate rocket fuel at the port in March 2025, according to Ambrey. The Financial Times earlier reported that two ships had transferred this ...

PEPCON, or the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada, made rocket fuel for NASA and had accumulated ammonium perchlorate that went unused after the Challenger disaster, leading to ...

A massive blast at Iran’s largest port which killed more than 100 and maimed 1,000 more was a cargo of rocket ... ammonium perchlorate, another substance commonly used to make solid rocket fuel.

However, the port took in a shipment of “sodium perchlorate rocket fuel” in March ... ignition of hundreds of tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate, killed more than 200 people and ...

While Iran's military sought to deny the delivery of ammonium perchlorate ... shipment of solid fuel intended for use in Iranian ballistic missiles," Ambrey said. In a first reaction on Sunday ...

A Washington Post report pointed to a violent chemical reaction as ... presence of sodium or ammonium perchlorate. These chemicals are typically used in munitions, rocket propellants, and explosives.