The performance in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle at the launch of the Disney Music Festival came ahead of World Wish Day.

More than 56,000 participants are expected on the 26.2-mile course through the capital on a warm, dry day with temperatures of up to 22C.

The visit by President Masoud Pezeshkian came as the toll from Saturday’s blast at the Shahid Rajaei port outside of Bandar Abbas, in southern Iran’s Hormozgan province, rose to 28 killed and about ...