"At the moment, the number of people who have died from the injuries they sustained in the explosion has reached 40," Mehr news agency quoted him as saying.

Earlier, Iranian parliamentarian, member of the Commission on Health and Medical Services Mohammad Jamalan reported 36 dead.

The parliamentarian also pointed out that many of them remain unidentified, and therefore the number of missing persons cannot be determined yet. Jamalan also does not rule out that there may still be bodies of the dead in the port area.

According to the parliamentarian, 240 injured people remain in hospitals, 5 of them are in serious condition. tass.ru.