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31 People Killed in a Train Collision in Iran

At least 31 people died in a train collision in Iran Friday, and more than 70 people were taken to hospitals after the crash in the north-central province of Semnan. Iranian state television showed footage of four derailed carriages, with two of them on fire. Rescue teams were working near the carriages on fire. The accident happened on the main line between the capital, Tehran, and second city Mashhad, when a passenger train in motion hit an express train that had stopped at a station...

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