Iran confirms death of 3 citizens in deadly attacks in southern Iraq

TEHRAN, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Three Iranian pilgrims were killed and four others injured on Thursday in a car bomb and a gunfire attacks near the city of Nasriyah in Iraq's southern province of Dhi Qar, an Iranian official was quoted as saying by semi-official Fars news agency.

Two Iranian caravan of pilgrim tours were at the scene of the attack, and there is the possibility of more casualties, Mohsen Nezafati, the official with Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, told Fars.