At least five dead and dozens injured after magnitude-6.3 earthquake in Iran

A man cleans up the rubble after an earthquake at Sayeh Khosh village in Hormozgan province (Abdolhossein Rezvani/AP)

Five people were killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude-6.3 earthquake in southern Iran on Saturday.

State media reported rescue teams were deployed near the epicentre, Sayeh Khosh village, which is home to around 300 people in Hormozgan province, some 620 miles south of the capital, Tehran.