At least 14 people have been killed and 18 others injured after a bus plunged into a valley in Iran. More than a dozen ambulances have reportedly been dispatched to the area.
Iran is known to have a poor traffic safety record. Some 17,000 drivers die in traffic accidents in Iran every year due to disregard for traffic laws, operation of unsafe vehicles and lack of emergency services.
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Foreign media reported on May 5 that a bus plunged into a valley near the Iranian capital Tehran, killing at least 14 people and injuring 18 others.
According to Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran's National Emergency Medical Service, the bus was traveling from Tehran to Gonbadkav, about 500 kilometers northeast of Tehran, when it crashed into a valley in the Savadkouh area near the capital Tehran.
Iran is one of Asia's major economies, economic strength, Iran's economy is dominated by the oil extraction industry, for the world's oil and gas power, located in the world's richest oil and gas in the Middle East, oil exports are the lifeblood of the economy, oil production capacity and oil exports are located in the world's fourth and second respectively, is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Iran's petrochemical, iron and steel, automobile manufacturing industry is well developed, as well as the electronics industry, nuclear industry, computer hardware and software industry, July 14, 2015, after years of arduous negotiations, the final phase of negotiations on the Iranian nuclear issue has finally reached a historic comprehensive agreement, Iran has promised never to seek to acquire nuclear weapons, and praised the Iranian nuclear deal as a "historic moment ".
U.S. President Donald Trump signs the latest travel ban on Sept. 24, 2017, with Iran on the list of the new version of the travel ban.
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