28 Pakistani Hajj pilgrims killed in car crash in Iran

At least 28 people were killed and 23 others injured when a bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims crashed in Iran’s central Yazd province on Tuesday night.

The bus was en route to the Iran-Iraq border carrying Pakistani passengers attending the Arbaeen ceremony when the incident occurred in Dehshir village, Taft County, at 9:50 p.m. local time (18:20 GMT) Tuesday night.

Director General of the Provincial Crisis Management Department, Mohammad-Ali Malekzadeh, confirmed the incident to reporters on Wednesday.

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Malekzadeh added that 14 of the injured were in critical condition at the province’s medical center.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Traffic Police Chief Seyyed Teymour Hosseini said initial investigations showed that a technical malfunction in the bus’s braking system caused the incident.

He said that traffic police experts were at the scene to conduct further investigations.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has expressed condolences over the deaths of the Pakistani pilgrims, saying the incident “causes deep sorrow for us.”

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