The death toll from a powerful explosion at Iran's biggest port of Bandar Abbas has risen to at least 40, with more than 1,200 people injured, state media reported on Sunday, as firefighters worked to fully extinguish the fire.

A massive explosion at Iran’s Shahid Rajaee Port, reportedly linked to a shipment of missile fuel chemicals, has killed at least 25 people and injured around 750.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered several emergency planes to be sent to Iran to help extinguish a fire in the port of Bandar Abbas, Russian state-run news agency TASS reported on Sunday. 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,