A passenger ship carrying 22 people sank off the Iranian coast near the port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, Jan 21, Reuters reported citing the official IRNA news agency.
IRNA did not give the cause of the incident but said so far only seven people had been rescued.
Local port official, Ali Akbar Safaie, said the boat was travelling from the Island of Hormuz to Bandar Abbas. Rescue efforts were continuing, he said.
