Iranian official media said, today, Saturday, an explosion was followed by a fire injured at least four people in a neighbourhood in the capital, Tehran.

Axar.az reports citing IRNA.

"The explosion, which occurred late on Friday evening, caused a fire that hit a building near Tehran University," Fire Department spokesman Jalal Malaki told the Iranian news agency IRNA.

"The explosion took place on the second floor of a building on Fakhr Razi Street near the University of Tehran, which led to the partial destruction of the building,” Malaki told reporters.

He added, "The firefighters rescued three men and a woman who were taken to hospital” adding that the cause of the fire is under investigation."