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Twelve people were killed and sixteen injured when a bus carrying oil company employees overturned in Ilam Province, western Iran, according to the governor of Abdanan County, as reported by IRNA. President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered emergency measures for the injured and later expressed condolences to the victims' families and called for a probe. Iran International reported that the 12 dead were workers from a major gas processing project, while IRNA described the passengers as oil company employees. Both accounts agree the bus overturned in western Iran and that authorities have opened an investigation into the cause of the crash.