The death toll from a powerful explosion at Iran's biggest port has risen to at least 40, with more than 1,200 people injured, state media reported on Sunday.

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.

Drone footage has captured the damage at an Iranian port after a deadly explosion rocked the facility. The death toll has now risen to 70 people after the Saturday blast at the port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas,