More than 500 injured in Iran port blast: new state media toll

A massive explosion was reported at the Shahid Rajaee Port in southern Iran, local media reported on Saturday, as authorities investigate the cause of the blast.

The number of people injured in the explosion rose to more than 500, state media said. Fatalities have yet to be reported.

State television, citing emergency services, reported that “516 people have been injured as hundreds have been transferred to nearby medical centres” in the southern province of Hormozgan, where the Shahid Rajaee port is located.