EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday deplored deaths of 28 pilgrims of Karbala in bus crash between Iranian towns of Eqlid and Yasuj and extended condolence to families of the victims.

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi government decided to set up some 16 provisional consular offices in Iran to facilitate the procedure for issuing visas for pilgrims of Karbala on the mourning ceremony of Arbaeen, Iraqi Ambassador Rajeh Saber Aboud al-Mousavi said on Sunday.