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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran, Mar. 25 – A bus overturned on a highway in southern Iran leaving 27 people dead and 15 others injured, state media reported on Tuesday.
The accident occurred on Monday on a stretch of road in the province of Khuzestan, state television said.
Iran's highways are considered to be among the most dangerous in the world, with some 100,000 road-accident deaths occurring in the last five years, the equivalent of three deaths an hour.
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