At least 8 people have been killed after a trains collided today.
It is understood the smash happened when a moving train hit a stationary one at Haft-Khan station in the city of Shahroud in Semnan province on Friday.
Footage showed some of the carriages on fire as rescue teams attempted to put out the blaze and search for survivors.
The collision reportedly caused four carriages to come off the tracks.
The injured were taken to nearby hospitals amid fears the number of fatalities and casualties could rise.
“The death toll has reached eight and some 52 others have been injured. The injured passengers have been transferred to nearby hospitals,” Fars was quoted local officials as saying.
Iranian media gave no details on the number of passengers in the trains.
“The accident happened when a passenger train in motion crashed to another one that had stopped at the station,” it said.
The cause of the collision was under investigation, it said, adding that rescue teams have been dispatched to the site of accident.
The crash occurred at the Haft-Khan station in the city of Shahroud, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Tehran.