Aid workers and search and rescue teams are continuing their efforts, but they have not yet succeeded in locating the exact position of the helicopter carrying the Iranian president and his accompanying delegation.
“Two of President Raisi's companions have contacted the center following the helicopter accident.”, that’s according to Mohsen Mansouri the executive vice president.
Heavy rains once again inundated parts of the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad on Saturday afternoon, forcing authorities to warn residents to stay indoors and avoid stopping near rivers or in high places.
The fatalities of the worst flash floods in over 20 years in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad has risen to seven, according to the latest official figures.
Heavy rainfalls triggered flash floods in the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan Razavi on Wednesday, leaving casualties and causing material damage.
As nature unleashed its fury, Iran’s northern province of Semnan found itself in the grip of a powerful storm, with the city of Garmsar bearing the brunt of its force.
A video has gone viral showing an Iranian teacher endangering his life to help students cross the path of a flood to safety in Kouhrang in western Iran.
A fire incident early on Thursday ravaged at least 150 residential and commercial units in Emamzadeh Ebrahim village in the northern Iranian province of Gilan.
A bus carrying Iranian passengers veered off road on Saturday in southern Armenia and left at least 5 people dead and 9 others injured, the Armenian Interior Ministry announced.
An Iranian MP has warned of what he has called the catastrophic situation in the south of the country's Sistan and Baluchestan province following heavy flooding there.
The commander of the traffic police of Iran says 813 people have died in road accidents across Iran since March 14, 2024 when the Nowruz holidays started.
The Iranian traffic police, in an update on Saturday on the latest figures of the road accidents since the beginning of Persian New Year, put the death toll on 664 people.
Road crashes in Iran during the first week of the Persian New Year has so far claimed 510 lives, which is still a grim record despite a slight decrease compared to previous years.
Road accidents across Iran during the Nowruz, or Persian New Year, holidays that started last Wednesday have so far left 469 people killed and over 12,500 injured, the deputy head of the country’s traffic police said on Monday.
