<p>The accidental blasts took place in an IRGC base in Bidganeh village in the northern province of Alborz, some 35 km from Tehran.<br /><br />Windows of buildings near the site were shattered. Tehran's residents felt the shock caused by the explosions.<br /><br />Brigadier General Hassan Moqaddam, a senior commander of the IRGC, was among the dead. <br /><br />According to IRGC's public relations chief General Ramezan Sharif, 16 more were injured, some critically. <br /><br />The blasts happened during relocation of some ammunition inside the base, Sharif said.<br /><br />Iranian lawmaker Hossein Garousi said the explosions were so huge that the sound caused panic among the residents of Qods and Shahryar cities, several kilometers away.<br /><br />The IRGC is a branch of Iran's military founded after the Iranian revolution 33 years ago. <br /><br />The IRGC has 125,000 military personnel, including ground, air and naval forces. It also controls the paramilitary Basij militia, which has 90,000 personnel.</p>
<p>The accidental blasts took place in an IRGC base in Bidganeh village in the northern province of Alborz, some 35 km from Tehran.<br /><br />Windows of buildings near the site were shattered. Tehran's residents felt the shock caused by the explosions.<br /><br />Brigadier General Hassan Moqaddam, a senior commander of the IRGC, was among the dead. <br /><br />According to IRGC's public relations chief General Ramezan Sharif, 16 more were injured, some critically. <br /><br />The blasts happened during relocation of some ammunition inside the base, Sharif said.<br /><br />Iranian lawmaker Hossein Garousi said the explosions were so huge that the sound caused panic among the residents of Qods and Shahryar cities, several kilometers away.<br /><br />The IRGC is a branch of Iran's military founded after the Iranian revolution 33 years ago. <br /><br />The IRGC has 125,000 military personnel, including ground, air and naval forces. It also controls the paramilitary Basij militia, which has 90,000 personnel.</p>