Firefighters carry a victim at the scene of an explosion that took place a day earlier at the Shahid Rajaee port dock, southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. AFP
In a statement on Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed Egypt’s solidarity with the Iranian people who face the devastating consequences of this incident.
The ministry also extended heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and wished a swift recovery to all the injured.
A massive explosion and fire in Iran's Shahid Rajaee Port, the country’s largest commercial port, killed at least 40 people and injured over 1,000, a provincial official said Sunday in a toll update.
The explosion was felt and heard about 50 kilometres away, Fars News Agency reported.
The cause of the fire is still unclear.
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