At least 38 injured as blazing high-rise collapses in Iran

At least 38 people have been injured after a high-rise building in southern Tehran caught fire and collapsed.

State television is reporting that the building is one of the oldest in Iran's capital city and used mostly for commercial purposes.

The injured have been hospitalised but most of them are said to have been discharged.

Police have cordoned off the area and rescue teams are on their way to the scene.