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Tag: road accidents
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Accident reduces population of endangered cheetah
An Iranian cheetah was killed in a road accident on the Sabzevar-Shahrood route on Wednesday May 11. The Mehr News Agency reports that according…
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Rate of Iranian road deaths triple that of developing countries
The number of people killed in road accidents in the past year across Iran is 16,500, according to Taghi Mehri, the head of National…
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Vehicle accidents during Norooz claim a life for every hour
Road accidents have killed 169 people across Iran during the Norooz holidays so far, according to Iran’s highway police authorities. The Tasnim News Agency…
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Traffic accidents take huge bite out of Iranian economy
Iran’s chief of traffic police says road accidents destroy seven percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product each year. Commander Taghi Mehri told IRNA…
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Campaign encourages safe driving during holidays
Iranian officials report that road accidents add 100 people to the country’s disabled population every day. The head of Iran’s Red Crescent, Massoud Habibi,…
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Pilgrims killed when bus crashes on its way to Iraq
A bus that was carrying 19 Iranian pilgrims from Iraq to Iran plunged off a cliff, leaving seven people dead and five others seriously…
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Surge of Norooz road traffic leads to fatal accidents
At least 58 people have been killed in road accidents since the beginning of the New Year on March 21 and more than 100…