Shi'ite pilgrim bus crashes in Iran

Iran's state TV says a bus carrying Shi'ite pilgrims has crashed, killing 26 people and wounding 16 others.

It said on Wednesday that the bus overturned in the south of the country overnight, and that the cause is being investigated.

The bus was carrying Iranian pilgrims from the city of Yazd who were travelling to the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala for a religious observance.