Bus crash in Iran kills 21

At least 21 people have been killed after a bus overturned in the south of Iran on Saturday (July 19), reports Al Jazeera.

Masoud Abed, the head of Fars province’s emergency organisation, said 34 other people were injured in the accident on Saturday south of Shiraz, the province’s capital.

Abed said rescue operations are ongoing, and additional information and final figures will be released to the public after the operation is complete and detailed investigations have been carried out.

The cause of the incident is under investigation.

According to Iran's state news agency IRNA, Iran has one of the world's highest road accident rates. Nearly 20,000 people died in road accidents in the country in the past year as of March this year.