OLD_Iran: Two dead and 21 injured after bus carrying journalists overturns |
Description: Subscribe to our channel! rupt.ly/subscribe Two Iranian journalists were killed and 21 more passengers were injured after a bus carrying journalists was overturned in the West Azerbaijan Province of northwestern Iran on Wednesday. The bus carrying the journalists was heading to the Kani Sib dam to cover a story about the commemoration of Lake Urmia, as it overturned on a road near the city of Naqadeh. Rescue helicopters and ten ambulances were dispatched to the area to transfer the journalists to hospital. The two journalists killed were identified as ISNA (Iranian Students' News Agency) correspondent Mahshad Karimi and IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) correspondent Reyhaneh Yassini, according to the Fars News Agency. The deaths were confirmed by Naghaden Hospital director Aydin Daneshgar, who also confirmed one injured journalist is currently in a critical condition. #IranBusCrash #Iran Video ID: 20210623-063 Video on Demand: https://ruptly.tv/videos/20210623-063 Contact: [email protected] Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly 
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