Bus accident with Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq in Iran: At least 28 people die

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran, killing at least 28 people, an official said Wednesday.

The crash occurred on Tuesday evening in the central Iranian province of Yazd, said Mohammad Ali Malekzadeh, a local emergency official, according to the state news agency IRNA.

Another 23 people were injured in the accident, 14 of them seriously, he added.

At the time of the crash there were 51 people on board.

The pilgrims were on their way to Iraq to celebrate the festival of Arba'in, which marks the 40th day after the death of a Shiite saint in the 7th century.

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