43 Iranian pilgrims injured in Iraq bus crash near Mehran crossing
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A bus accident near Iraq’s Mehran border crossing injured 43 Iranian pilgrims traveling for the Arbaeen procession, days after another crash killed five and injured 57.
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Iranian Red Crescent teams evacuate an injured Arbaeen pilgrim after a bus accident near the Mehran border crossing (Agencies)
The Iranian Red Crescent reported on Friday that 43 of its citizens were injured in a bus accident while traveling in Iraq for the Arbaeen pilgrimage. The incident occurred roughly 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the Mehran border crossing.
"As a result of an accident in which a bus overturned on a highway in Iraq 10 kilometers [6.2 miles] from the Mehran border crossing, 43 Iranian pilgrims were injured," the organization stated on its Telegram channel.
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This is the second major road incident involving Iranian pilgrims in less than a week. On August 13, the Red Crescent confirmed that a bus crash on the highway between the southern Iraqi city of Basra and the Shalamcheh border crossing claimed five lives and left 57 others injured. Most of those involved were from Iran’s Khuzestan province and had entered Iraq to participate in Arbaeen.
Arbaeen, which ended on August 14 this year, is considered the largest annual religious gathering for Shiite Muslims. The pilgrimage commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, during the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD. Millions of devotees from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and other countries make the journey to Iraq each year to walk toward the imam’s shrine.
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