Incidents
Incidents News and Updates from The Iran Front Page.
Oil spill inflicts environmental damage on Bushehr shores in Persian Gulf
The Department of Environment of the southern Iranian Province of Bushehr says an oil spill from pollution near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf has reached the shorelines of the province.
Iranians hold funeral for pilots killed in plane crash in Tabriz
People in the Iranian city of Tabriz have held a funeral for the pilots of a fighter jet and a civilian who were killed after the plane crashed in an urban area.
Death row convict dies of heart attack after being spared
An Iranian man who committed murder 18 years ago and was struggling with the nightmare of execution all these past years was shocked to hear that the victim’s parents had forgiven him, and had a heart attack.
Army training jet crashes “leaving 3 dead”
A training jet of the Iranian Army’s Air Force has crashed in the northern city of Tabriz, reportedly killing three people.
The F-5 fighter jet crashed, due to “technical faults” in its systems, near Tabriz International Airport in the northwestern side of the city.
Report: Fire erupts at Iranian military base
A fire has reportedly broken out at a military base belonging to the Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah.
Hostage-taking ends in Tehran after police intervene
A hostage-taking situation ends following police intervention in central Tehran.
Tehran Bazaar fire extinguished
A huge fire engulfing the Shoemakers’ Bazaar in downtown Tehran has been put out. More in photos:
Inferno rips through big bazaar in Iranian capital, Tehran
A conflagration has engulfed the Shoemakers’ Bazaar in downtown Tehran, the capital of Iran.
Firefighters are working to bring the blaze under control.
Fire contained at water park near Tehran
Firefighters in Iran have contained a fire at a water park west of the capital Tehran.
Iranian sailors rescue crew on fire-struck Panama-flagged ship: Official
Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) says its sailors have rescued 17 crewmembers of a Panama-flagged vessel that had caught fire in waters off Iran’s south coast.
People hold funeral for Iranian policeman murdered in Shiraz
People hold a huge funeral for a policeman killed in the line of duty in the Iranian city of Shiraz.
Two dead in light plane crash in northeastern Iran
Two people lost their lives in an ultralight trainer plane crash in Kashmar, northeastern Iran, an official confirms.
Fire kills one at inn in southern Tehran
Two people also suffered severe burns.
After the blaze, firefighters were sent to the inn near Railway Square and extinguished it.
The fire engulfed 15 of 60 rooms in the two-story building.
Second quake hits Iran’s Tabriz in as many days
An earthquake shook the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz on Monday morning.
People in jolly mood in northern Iran following the recent snowfalls
Images circulating on social media networks show locals in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran, dancing and jumping for joy as they feel jubilant over experiencing weather conditions they have not seen in a long time.
Raisi visits Kerman’s flooded areas, joins urgent meeting with officials
Visiting flood-hit areas of Iran’s southeastern Kerman Province, President Ebrahim Raisi has joined an emergency meeting with local officials and military commanders on ways to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to people.
Heavy snow, flooding block dozens of roads across Iran
The director of Iran's Roads Management Center says 45 roads in several provinces are currently closed due to floods, blizzards and lack of safety.
Heavy rain, snow strike dozens of provinces across Iran
Extreme weather conditions have wreaked havoc on several provinces across Iran.
Iran’s Fars Province: Heavy snow blocks roads to ski resort
In Iran’s southwestern province of Fars, heavy snowfalls have blocked roads leading to the Pouladkaf Ski Resort in Sepidan County.
Iranian airliner in emergency landing at Sabzevar airport
An Iranian airliner en route from Tehran to Mashhad has made an emergency landing at Sabzevar International Airport.
Villages being evacuated in southern Iran amid flooding
Torrential rains in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan have triggered mass evacuations, especially in the Minab area.
Rains bring joy as dams in Iran’s drought-hit Hormozagan fill up
Recent downpours have filled up the dams in Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan, hardly hit by a severe drought, soothing concerns at least for a year over water shortages and brining joy to locals.
Iran’s NW city of Ardabil covered in snow again
Ardabil is getting a heavy snowfall, the second of its kind this winter, with reports of slowed traffic across the northwestern Iranian city.
Powerful quake jolts Iran’s Kerman Province
A 5.01-magnitude earthquake on Saturday afternoon rocked parts of Iran’s Kerman Province.
Heavy fog descends in Iran’s Khuzestan province
Reports say some cities across the southern Iranian province of Khuzestan have been shrouded in a thick blanket of fog that has reduced horizontal visibility to less than
50 meters.