Blast at Tehran Clinic Kills 19, Says State-Run News Agency

Blast at Tehran Clinic Kills 19, Says State-Run News Agency
A firefighter helps an injured woman at the site of an explosion at a medical clinic in the north of the Iranian capital Tehran, Iran, on June 30, 2020. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via Reuters
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Nineteen people were killed and six injured on June 30 in an explosion at a medical clinic in the north of the Iranian capital Tehran, the official IRIB news agency reported, quoting state officials.

A gas leak caused the blast, Tehran Deputy Governor Hamid Reza Goudarzi told state television.