Two held in Iran after deadly port explosion

Iranian authorities arrested two people including a government official in connection with a deadly explosion last month at the country's main commercial port, state television said on May 4, Report informs via CNA.

The April 26 blast at a dock in the southern port of Shahid Rajaee killed at least 57 people and injured more than 1,000, officials said, revising down an earlier death toll.

The judiciary on Sunday said the toll had been revised because "it was determined that some of the bodies considered separate were in fact one body", adding that it could still change.

At the time of the blast, Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni blamed "shortcomings, including noncompliance with safety precautions and negligence."

Shahid Rajaee is near Iran's coastal city of Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway through which one-fifth of global oil output passes.