Bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashes in Iran, killing at least 28 people

Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq has crashed in central Iran, killing at least 28 people. The crash happened Tuesday night in the central Iranian province of Yazd. That’s according to Mohammad Ali Malekzadeh, a local emergency official quoted by the state-run IRNA news agency. Another 23 people suffered injuries in the crash, 14 of them serious. There were 51 people on board at the time of the crash. The pilgrims were on their way to Iraq to commemorate Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day following the death of a Shiite saint in the 7th century.