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Fire in Iranian Factory Kills 30

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A fire at a pharmaceutical plant in Iran killed 30 people and injured 38 others on Sunday, the official IRNA news agency said.

Another news agency, Mehr, had earlier said 15 workers had died in the blaze at the factory near the city of Arak, 290 km (180 miles) southwest of the capital Tehran.

Provincial officials said the fire had destroyed most of the factory. Mehr said the cause had not yet been determined.

(Reporting by Hashem Kalantari and Hossein Jaseb; editing by Richard Williams)

***During a press conference by the representative office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran held in Washington DC, in mid-August 2002, the existence of a secret nuclear facility at Arak was revealed. It is located at the Qatran Workshop near the Qara-Chai river in the Khondaub / Khondab region, in Central Iran, 150 miles south of Tehran.
According to the National of Resistance of Iran, a front organization, named the Mesbah Energy Company, has been used to prevent unwanted disclosures. The headquarters of the Mesbah Energy Company are located in Tehran.