Irans Coroners Office has released a report indicating 7,489 people were killed in road accidents in the past five months. IRNA reports that this number indicates a 8.2-percent decline compared to the same period last year.I Iran has one of the worlds highest rates of death by road accidents. The statistics reveal that Fars, Khorasan and Tehran are ...

The Iranian coroners office says 6,455 people have been killed in road accidents over the past five years during the holidays around Norooz, the Iranian New Year that begins on March 21. The Tasnim News Agency reports that the fatalities peaked during the 2010 Norooz holidays, with 1,391 people killed in road accidents. The statistics refer to ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) An official at the Iranian Health Ministry says the number of people killed in road accidents across the country annually equals the number of people who perished in the devastating earthquake that hit the city of Bam in southeastern Iran in December 2003. The Bam earthquake killed about 23,000 people. Every year road accidents ...