Forest fires partly contained, but still raging in western Iran

Some 300 hectares of forests in the western Iranian town of Marivan are still engulfed by wildfires as helicopters keep flying over the area to douse the flames.

3.5-magnitude earthquake registered near Iranian capital

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale was registered to the southeast of the Iranian capital of Tehran, putting local rescue organizations on alarm.

Petro Refinery factory in western Iran on fire

Gohar Petro Refinery factory in the western Iranian province of Lorestan has been engulfed in fire.

Video shows moment of mountain slide in Iran’s treacherous Road

Footage has appeared of the moment a part of the Alborz mountain range collapses along the famed Road 77 in northern Iran.

Training aircraft crashes in Iran’s Karaj, two killed

An aircraft used for training pilots has crashed in Iran’s Karaj near the capital Tehran, killing the trainee and the coach.

Iranian firefighters put out blaze in wildlife reserve of Miankaleh, Mazandarn Province

Firefighters have put out a fire that raged on for 15 hours in the Miankaleh Sahra wildlife reserve of Iran’s Mazandaran Province.

Dozens of Iranian pilgrims hospitalized after fire engulfed hotel in Iraq

At least 70 Iranian pilgrims have been hospitalized after a fire engulfed Qasr al-Shafa’a Hotel in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf.

Miankaleh Peninsula in northern Iran engulfed in fire

The Director General of Mazandaran Governorate’s Crisis Management Department says 10 hectares of the Miankaleh Peninsula in northern Iran are engulfed in fire.

Wildfires extinguished in western Iranian forests

Local authorities say that a series of wildfires that had been burning in forests in Iran’s western Kurdistan Province have been successfully contained.

Wildfires still raging in Iran’s west

Wildfires are still burning in forests in Iran’s western Kurdistan Province, where local authorities have planned aerial firefighting operations.

Dust storm hits city in Iran’s southeast

A dust storm packing winds of up to 126 kph hit the city of Zabol, in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, in the wee hours of Friday.

Storm batters Sistan, southeastern Iran

A strong storm has battered Sistan in southeastern Iran, greatly reducing visibility there.

Hundreds seek medical help due to dust storm in southeastern Iranian province

An official in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province says around 600 people have sought medical help following a dust storm with strong winds hitting parts of the province.

Iranian security forces respond to hostage crisis in Shiraz, kill assailant

Iranian security forces respond to a hostage crisis at a drug store in the province of Shiraz, setting the captives free unharmed and killing the assailant in the operation.

Winds of up to 112 kmh hit the southeastern Iranian city of Zabol

The southeastern Iranian city of Zabol has been hit by strong winds of up to 112 kilometers per hour since early on Monday.

Mob attacks site of live concert in southern Iranian city, injuring two

A mob has attacked the site of a live concert in the southern Iranian city of Sirjan, Kerman Province, vandalizing the place and injuring two security guards with knives and machetes.

Iranian rescue workers save child from under rubble

Footage shows Iranian rescue workers retrieving a child alive from under the rubble of a building in the country’s northern Golestan Province.

Tehran police reject serial killing scenario in murder of women

The head of the intelligence department of Tehran police force has ruled out speculations about the murder of two young women in the capital as being serial killings.

Dust storms in Iran’s southeast send more than 1,000 to hospitals

Officials say dust storms in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan have forced more than 1,000 people of the Sistan region to refer to hospitals and health centers.

Dozens injured in marketplace fire in northwest Iran

The number of the injured from the fire incident at a marketplace in the northwestern Iranian city of Naghadeh has risen to 35.

Iran dust storm victims on the rise, hundreds hospitalized

The number of people who were sent to the hospitals due to the dust storms in Sistan and Baluchistan Province has topped 300, that’s according to the head of the Crisis Management HQ in the southeastern Iranian province.

Dozens hospitalized as dust storm hits Iran’s southeast

An Iranian official says more than 170 people have been hospitalized following dust storm ripping through the Sistan region, in southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan over the past three days.

Number of poisoned alcohol deaths in Iran’s Karaj rises to 17

The number of people killed by poisoned alcohol in the Iranian city of Karaj, near Tehran, has risen to 17.

Flooding in 10 Iranian provinces claims 19 lives, leaves 3 missing

An Iranian official says the number of people who lost their lives in the floods that have wreaked havoc on 10 provinces in the country, mainly Ardebil, have reached 19, while three others remain missing.

7 dead, 2 missing as flooding hits 12 Iranian provinces

The Iranian Red Crescent Society says seven people have been killed and two remain missing as torrential downpours and flooding sweep through 12 provinces countrywide.

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