NNA - The death toll from a huge explosion that rocked one of Iran’s main ports rose Monday to 46 people killed, authorities said.

Iranian state television offered the toll from the blast at Shahid Rajaei port near Bandar Abbas, citing local officials.

A fire still burned at the site, some two days after the initial explosion Saturday, just as Iran began a third round of negotiations with the United Statesover its rapidly advancing nuclear program. Over 1,000 people suffered injuries in the blast.--agencies 

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