The opposition website Kaleme reported on Thursday June 26 that Tooti Soltani, the missing mother of political prisoner Mohsen Qashqaizadeh, was found to have been killed in a road accident. Soltani went missing on May 19 after leaving the Evin Prison Visitors Hall. The report adds that Soltani’s remains were transferred to the coroner’s […]
Tag: road accidents in Iran
Fatal bus accident on Tehran highway
Seven passengers were killed and 10 injured when a bus overturned on Tehran’s Azadegan highway. ISNA quotes the Tehran Traffic Police saying the accident occurred on Monday April 28 at 9 AM as the bus was trying to exit the highway. The report indicates that the bus collided with guardrails, which led to the […]
Bus crash kills 18, rescue operation continues
Eighteen people were killed and 25 wounded after a passenger bus crashed off a cliff on the Haraz Road in northern Iran. Mazandaran officials announced that five of the injured passengers are currently in the intensive care unit and in serious condition. The report indicates that the bus was traveling from Gorgan toward Tehran […]