FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Patriarch of Serbia Porfirije in Moscow, Russia, April 22, 2025. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has offered Iran Russian help in dealing with the aftermath of a blast that rocked the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas and has expressed his condolences over the loss of life, the Kremlin said on Sunday.
Putin had coveyed his "words of sincere sympathy and support to the families of the victims, as well as his wishes for a recovery to all those injured," a copy of his message published on the Kremlin website showed.
Iranian state media have reported that a huge blast probably caused by the explosion of chemical materials killed at least 25 people and injured more than 700 on Saturday at Bandar Abbas, Iran's biggest port.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
