{"id":12358,"date":"2012-10-21T15:34:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T14:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/iran-a-world\/12358-bus-overturns-in-southwest-iran-26-dead"},"modified":"2023-01-14T05:30:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T04:30:32","slug":"bus-overturns-in-southwest-iran-26-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/bus-overturns-in-southwest-iran-26-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus overturns in southwest Iran, 26 dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-kurdistan_150\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-34252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/09\/iran-kurdistan_150.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"150\" style=\"float: left;margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px\" \/>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) \u2014 A passenger bus carrying female students overturned in southwestern Iran Friday evening, killing 26, Iran&#8217;s state radio reported Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Senior police official Col. 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