Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Vasif Talibov has expressed his condolences over a recent deadly train incident in Iran.
Addressing Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif through a message, the Azerbaijani official has expressed condolences to the bereaved families, relatives of those who died in the incident, the PR office of Iran's consulate general in Nakhchivan reported.
About 40 people were killed and dozens more injured in the train collision in Iran’s northern province of Semnan.
According to Iranian media reports, four carriages derailed and two caught fire when a train that had broken down was hit by another train early on Friday 250 kilometers east of the capital Tehran.
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