At least 14 people died and at least 750 were injured in an explosion at southwestern Iran's port of Badar Abbas, according to the nation's interior ministry.

More than 500 people have so far been injured in a massive explosion that ripped through the Shahid Rajaee Port in southern Iran on Saturday, according to the country’s emergency officials.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday visited injured victims of a port blast that killed at least 40 people, as Tehran denied a military cargo was being stored at the harbour. Three days of mourning were declared after the blast at Bandar Abbas in southern Iran,