TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif issued a message on Saturday expressing sorrow over the death of students in a bus crash in southern Iran.

A bus rollover early on Friday killed seven schoolgirls, their teacher, and the driver. 34 others were also injured.

The incident happened on a road linking the city of Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan province, to the city of Darab, Fars province, both in southern part of Iran.

The bus was carrying 45 middle school and high school female students who were going on a science camp.

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