​A train collision in northern Iran killed at least 36 people and injured about 95 on Friday, Iran's state TV reported. This picture released by Iranian Fars News Agency shows the scene of two trains collision about 250 kilometres east of the capital Tehran, Iran, on Friday. The TV report said that 95 people who were injured in the collision were all in hospital. Iran reports about 17,000 deaths on average in traffic accidents every year. Years of punitive international sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear program have also badly affected Iran's infrastructures, including road and the railway network.

Source: CBC News November 25, 2016 11:45 UTC