Iran Offers Condolences After Fire Kills Pakistani Students in Kyrgyzstan

Iran's acting president, Mohammad Mokhber, has sent a message of condolence to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after several Pakistani students were killed in a fire in Kyrgyzstan, according to Iranian officials.

In the message, Mokhber expressed grief over the deaths of the Pakistani students and extended deep condolences to the victims' families and to the people of Pakistan.

The fire is said to have broken out at a facility in Kyrgyzstan where Pakistani students were studying. Full details on the timing, location and number of casualties were not disclosed in the initial source account.

Iran's expression of condolences comes as Tehran and Islamabad maintain diplomatic channels, including exchanges of congratulatory and condolence messages between the two countries' leaders.