Death toll from Iran's southern port blast reaches 40, over 1,000 wounded


TEHRAN, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a massive explosion at a port in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan on Saturday has reached 40, and the government has announced one day of national mourning, Iran's IRIB news agency reported on Sunday.

The explosion and the subsequent fire left more than 1,000 people wounded, of whom 197 were hospitalized, the IRIB quoted Hormozgan's Governor Mohammad Ashouri Taziani as saying.

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