Iraq bombing kills 2 Iranian pilgrims

At least two Iranian pilgrims have been killed and 18 others injured in a bomb explosion around the Iraqi city of Samarra, Press TV reports.

The Wednesday blast occurred near a bus carrying pilgrims who returned from a visit to a shrine in the city of Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, the news agency cites Reuters.

On Sunday, one Iranian was killed and four others wounded in a similar incident in the northwestern Baghdad district of Kadhimiy.