TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Monday expressed deep sorrow over a recent deadly blaze in Portugal and condoled with the families of the victims.

At least 62 people were killed and dozens wounded in huge forest fires in central Portugal. Many of the victims died in their cars as they tried to flee the flames.

Portugal’s Prime Minister António Costa described the blaze as “the greatest tragedy we have seen in recent years in terms of forest fires.”

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