TEHRAN — A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran, killing at least 28 people, an official said on Wednesday.

The crash happened in central Yazd province on Tuesday night, said Mohammad Ali Malekzadeh, a local emergency official, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.

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