Epicentre of Iranian port explosion is tied to charity overseen by country’s Supreme Leader

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Open this photo in gallery: Firefighters work as black smoke rises in the sky after a massive explosion rocked a port near the southern city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on April 26.Mohammad Rasoul Moradi/The Canadian Press The explosion that rocked an Iranian port, killing at least 70 people and injuring more than 1,000 others, had its epicentre at a facility ultimately owned by a charitable foundation overseen by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office. That foundation, known as Bonyad Mostazafan, faces American sanctions over it helping the 86-year-old Khamenei “to enrich his office, reward his political allies and persecute the...