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Deadly Bus Crash in Iran Claims 13 Lives

12/16/2025

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A passenger bus overturned in central Iran late Monday, killing 13 people and injuring more than a dozen after striking the central guardrail and colliding with a taxi while traveling from Isfahan to Mashhad.
Eleven bus passengers and two taxi occupants died in the crash.
Six women and seven men were hospitalized.
Emergency teams responded promptly to the scene.

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Story summary

A passenger bus overturned in central Iran late Monday, killing 13 people and injuring more than a dozen after striking the central guardrail and colliding with a taxi while traveling from Isfahan to Mashhad.
Eleven bus passengers and two taxi occupants died in the crash.
Six women and seven men were hospitalized.
Emergency teams responded promptly to the scene.