Accidents and Natural Disasters

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Earthquakes in Iran’s Khuzestan injure 29, cause widespread damage

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A series of earthquakes struck Iran’s Khuzestan province on Thursday, injuring 29 people and causing significant damage to nearly 300 homes, according to provincial governor. Among the injured, 28 were treated as outpatients, while one person remains hospitalized.
Incidents

Earthquakes in Iran’s Khuzestan injure 29, cause damage

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The governor of the southern Iranian province of Khuzestan announced that earthquakes on Thursday injured at least 29 people and damaged nearly 300 homes in the province.
Incidents

Quakes jolt Khuzestan in Iran’s south

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Two relatively strong earthquakes hit the southern Iranian province of Khuzestan on Thursday morning.
Incidents

Iran’s northeastern city of Kashmar jolted by  earthquake, third in 24 hours 

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The city of Kashmar in northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan Razavi was jolted for the third time in a 4.0 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale on Friday morning, following a tremor earlier in the day and another the previous day. 
Incidents

Earthquake jolts Iran’s Garmsar, damage caused

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A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Garmsar in Semnan Province, eastern Tehran, at 5:16 a.m. local time, originating from a depth of 11 kilometers.
Incidents

Fire at industrial unit in northeastern Iran injures 17 

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An early morning fire at a tomato paste factory's warehouse in the northeastern Iranian city of Farouj, in North Khorasan province, on Friday resulted in 17 injuries, according to official figures. 
Environment

Massive fire in Iran’s southwestern protected area contained

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A raging and widespread fire in the southwestern Iranian protected area of Khaeez in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad Province was put out on Friday morning after several days of hard work.
Incidents

Roads to northern Iran blocked after flash floods, 18 injured, 2 missing

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Heavy rains in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran caused flooding and blocking off the roads on Tuesday.
Incidents

Relatively strong quake jolts Iran’s southeast

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An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter scale shook Sistan and Baluchistan province in southeastern Iran early on Wednesday, according to the country's seismological center.
Incidents

Four dead in earthquake in northeast Iran

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An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale struck the area between Khalilabad and Kashmar in Iran’s Khorasan Razavi Province at approximately 1:24 PM local time, resulting in the deaths of four individuals and injuring at least 120 others.
Incidents

Unseasonable hail, rainfall catch northern Iran by surprise 

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People in the northern Iranian city of Shahroud were showered with hails on a hot Thursday just a week before the summer. 
Incidents

Dust storm, strong winds disrupt Tehran

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Tehran residents faced challenging conditions as a substantial dust storm swept into the Iranian capital, bringing with it a dense cloud of dust and soil particles.
Incidents

Severe dust storm hits Iran’s Bandar Abbas, causing disruptions

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A severe dust storm swept through the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, bringing with it strong winds that significantly reduced visibility and caused widespread disruptions.
Incidents

Fire in Karkheh National Park in southern Iran raging again 

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A large part of the forests in the Karkheh National Park in Iran’s southern province of Khuzestan are burning in fire. 
Incidents

Relatively Strong quake jolts Iran’s Semnan

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An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale shook Iran’s central province of Semnan earlier on Sunday.
Incidents

Heavy rains continue to lash flood-hit Mashhad, northeastern Iran

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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.
Incidents

Heavy rains cause new flooding in northeastern Iran

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Torrential rains once again trigger flash floods in Iran’s northeast.
Incidents

Death toll in worst floods in decades in Iran’s Mashhad rises to 7

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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.
Incidents

At least five dead in floods in northeastern Iran

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Heavy rainfalls triggered flash floods in the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan Razavi on Wednesday, leaving casualties and causing material damage.
Incidents

Warning issued as storm hits Iran’s Semnan province

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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.
Incidents

Powerful earthquake hits northwestern Iranian city

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A strong earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted large parts of Iran’s Ardabil province on Saturday afternoon.
Incidents

Teacher saves kids amid flood in Iran

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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.
Incidents

Flash floods hit several provinces in Iran

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Heavy downpours trigged floods in many areas in Iran on Friday and caused material damage.
Incidents

4-year-old child found in Iran days after going missing               

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A 4-year-old Iranian child has been found five days after going missing in the country's northern province of Golestan. 
Incidents

Iranian rescuers save crewmembers of Bangladeshi vessel after shipwreck 

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An Iranian rescue boat saved 21 crew members of a foreign ship off the Sea of Oman following a reported shipwreck.
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