Four children were among eight people who died of smoke inhalation after fire tore through an underground restaurant hosting a birthday party outside Tehran, state media reported Wednesday.
The blaze broke out on Tuesday evening in the town of Andisheh west of the capital, the official IRNA news agency reported.
County prosecutor Hamid Asgari said the blaze quickly spread throughout the restaurant.
"All the fixtures and fittings... were flammable," Asgari told IRNA.
