TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq has crashed in central Iran, killing at least 28 people, an official said Wednesday.
According to the state news agency IRNA, the crash occurred on Tuesday evening in the central Iranian province of Yazd.
Another 23 people were injured in the crash, 14 of them seriously, he added.
There were 51 people on board at the time of the crash.
The pilgrims were on their way to Iraq to commemorate Arbaeen, the 40th day after the death of a Shiite saint in the 7th century.