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Iran’s Pezeshkian shares ‘regret and sympathy’ for port blast victims
President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a rally commemorating anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2025. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian expresses sympathy for the victims of a port blast that killed four people and injured hundreds, dispatching the interior minister to supervise an investigation.
“While expressing deep regret and sympathy for the victims of the incident in Hormozgan Province, I issued an order to investigate the situation and the causes of the incident,” Pezeshkian says on X, adding that Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni will go to the area for the probe.
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