At least 59 people died and more than 250 were injured in a blaze that raged through a Tehran mosque after a female worshipper’s veil caught fire from a kerosene heater, Iran’s official news agency reported.

At least 59 people died and more than 200 were injured today when a fire blazed through a central Tehran mosque during evening prayers, Iran’s official news agency reported.

At least 35 worshippers were killed and more than 200 others injured when a fire broke out a mosque in central Tehran today.