ARDEBIL -- Two people were killed and five other injured when two cars collided on a road between the northwestern cities of Moghan and Ardebil.

Those wounded were taken to a local clinic and police are investigating the cause of the accident.

Iran has one of the highest rates of road accidents in the world, with an average of 200,000 reported annually in which 15,000 people are killed and 87,000 injured, said IRNA.