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At least 115 injured in Iran port blast: new toll on state media

Published: 26 Apr 2025 - 01:51 pm | Last Updated: 26 Apr 2025 - 01:57 pm
This image grab taken from footage released by the state television Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting News (IRIBNEWS) on April 26, 2025 shows smoke billowing following an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. Photo by IRIBNEWS / AFP.

This image grab taken from footage released by the state television Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting News (IRIBNEWS) on April 26, 2025 shows smoke billowing following an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. Photo by IRIBNEWS / AFP.

AFP

Tehran: The toll from a massive blast on Saturday that ripped through a key port in southern Iran rose to 115 injured, state media said.

State television, citing local emergency services, reported that "115 people have been injured, dozens of whom have been transferred to medical centres" in the area of the southern port of Shahid Rajaee.