{"id":31459,"date":"2019-04-06T22:55:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T22:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/06\/iranian-media-battery-explosion-at-submarine-plant-kills-three-workers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:18:16","slug":"iranian-media-battery-explosion-at-submarine-plant-kills-three-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/04\/06\/iranian-media-battery-explosion-at-submarine-plant-kills-three-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian media: Battery explosion at submarine plant kills three workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TEHRAN, Iran \u2014 Iranian state media are reporting three staffers in the country\u2019s defense industries have been killed in an explosion in a submarine under construction in the country\u2019s south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a 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