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Iran: Relative of victims of traffic accident protest fatal road conditions

Relatives of the victims of a recent road accident which killed 9 university students in southern Iran gathered on the scene of accident to protest the fatal road conditions.

The accident occurred on Monday morning, December 16, when a bus carrying students of Shushtar University to the city of Dezfool collided with a truck killing 11 passengers and injuring 13 others.

The protesters complained that the authorities in the southern province of Khuzistan have made many promises in the past but they have done nothing to make the roads safer.

The protester laid photos of victims of the road accident on the Shushtar-Dezful road.

Despite many deadly accidents in the province, the Iranian regime officials claim that the roads in the province are among the safest in the country.

According to the official figures, road accidents in Iran takes life of one person every 20 minutes. Last year 26,888 Iranians were killed in road accidents while over 12,000 were injured.

Based on these figures the number of victims of road accidents in Iran are 45 times higher than industrial countries.