Eight workers from Iran’s South Pars gas complex died on Sunday morning, May 17, 2026, when their bus overturned on the Asaluyeh-Kangan highway in Bushehr province. Fifteen more were hurt.
IranWire placed the crash just past the Siraf highway patrol station. The dead were permanent staff and direct-contract personnel of the South Pars Gas Complex, and they had boarded the bus that morning to go home and see their families. Flights to the southern region had been suspended, IranWire reported, so the bus was how they had to travel.
The Iranian Red Crescent Society reported the toll, according to APA’s Tehran bureau, and Xinhua said the society sent six rescue teams to the scene. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals. Xinhua’s report called the vehicle an employee transport for the South Pars Gas Company.
Cause still open
Nobody has said yet why the bus rolled. The Director General of Crisis Management for the Bushehr Governorate announced that the relevant authorities are investigating, and the reports from Xinhua and APA likewise give no cause.
Xinhua’s figure was “at least eight” dead, and IranWire and APA gave eight. The numbers on the injured matched across all three outlets at 15.
Sources
- 8 killed, 15 wounded after bus overturns in southern Iran (Xinhua)
- 8 killed, 15 injured after bus overturns in southern Iran (APA)
- 8 Killed and 15 Injured as Bus Carrying South Pars Personnel Overturns (IranWire)
Sources
- Eight killed, 15 injured in bus crash in southern Iran
- Deadly bus crash in southern Iran kills 8 and injures 15
