In Iran, a bus rolled over, transporting Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq to Arbain ceremony: 28 people were killed, another 23 were injured.
According to Iranian state television, a heavy accident occurred on the Verhshir-Taft highway in Yaza Province. The fortune 14 of the victims is evaluated as serious.
According to preliminary data, the cause of the accident was a malfunction in the brake system of the vehicle, said the chief of the Yuza police, Colonel Haji Dehabadi.
Arbain-commemoration conducted on the fortieth day of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, who, together with 72 associates, fell in an unequal battle with the army of the Omayyad Caliph of Yazid. Arbain ceremony this year will be held on August 25.