Muscat, Apr 27 (AP) Iran raised the death toll early on Sunday from an explosion at a southern port to at least 14 people killed, as some 750 others were injured in the blast.

The state-run IRNA news agency and state television offered the figures.

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The explosion Saturday struck the Shahid Rajaei port near Bandar Abbas. (AP)

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