17 killed in Iran train derailment

Tehran: At least 17 people were killed and 50 injured on Wednesday after a passenger train derailed and crashed into an excavator in Iran’s Tabas.
The incident occurred at 5.30 am (local time) on the rail that connects the town with Yazd, according to Tehran Times.
IRNA quoted Governor of Tabas Ali-Akbar Rahimi as saying that four cars of the train derailed early in the morning, and relief workers, including the Red Crescent Society, emergency and aid units have been dispatched to the location of the incident.
The reason of the accident remains unknown.