Iran Press/Iran News: Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi, in a statement on Thursday, offered Iran's condolences to the government and people of the brotherly neighbor, Pakistan, over the deadly train fire.
Mousavi also expressed sympathy to the families of the victims of the incident and wished a speedy recovery for those injured in the tragic event.
A passenger train erupted in flames in Pakistan; Dozens killed or injured
At least 70 people were killed and 30 more injured in a fire that engulfed a train in Pakistan on Thursday morning, after a gas canister that passengers were using to prepare breakfast exploded. The incident is the worst disaster in the last two decades.
According to a police official in Pakistan, the train was passing through the town of Rahim Yar Khan, in the south of Punjab Province, when a stove blew up, causing a fire that spread through the train.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi both shared their condolences for the victims' families on social media. Imran Khan said that he had ordered the launch of an immediate inquiry.
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