Accidents and Natural Disasters

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A major blaze that broke out in a plastic factory in India's capital New Delhi has killed 43 people so far, police and fire department officials say.

Eleven people were killed and more than 40 others were injured in a gas explosion at a wedding hall in Iran’s western province of Kurdistan on Thursday night.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has expressed deep regret over the recent earthquake in Albania, which caused severe casualties and damages.

President Hassan Rouhani has issued an order to mobilise all facilities to provide rapid and effective relief to earthquake-hit areas, and meet the immediate and urgent needs of earthquake-hit people in the country’s East Azarbaijan province.

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake has hit East Azarbaijan province in north-western Iran, killing at least 5 people and injuring over 250.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman has expressed condolences over the recent train tragedy in Pakistan.

At least 64 people were killed on Thursday after a fire swept through a Pakistani train following a gas canister passengers were using to cook breakfast exploded, the minister for railways said.

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale has jolted an area in Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan on Monday noon, but there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

Iran’s National Cartographic Centre and the Université Grenoble Alpes of France have signed a cooperation agreement.

The body of a treasure hunter has been discovered 50 metres deep down a cave in north-west of Iran.

Iran says that its oil tanker hit by two missiles on Friday morning in the Red Sea near the Saudi port city of Jeddah is on the way back home and would arrive in Iran within 9 or 10 days.

Iran’s Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei says Tehran is carefully looking into the recent tanker accident in the Red Sea without any haste.

An Iranian oil tanker operated by the National Iranian Tanker Company has been hit by two missile attacks near Saudi Arabia.

The death toll from a Wednesday train accident in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan has reached five, local officials said.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has sympathized with Pakistan over the earthquake that hit the country’s north, killing and injuring dozens of people.

In an unprecedented accident a pickup truck has collided with ATR-72 plane in Iran’s Yazd airport.

Of the 16,500 homes that were in need of repair after the March and April flooding in Khuzestan, 13,000 have been completely repaired, director of a headquarters tasked with coordinating the reconstruction of flood-affected areas said on Saturday.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has expressed deep regret over the tragic incident in the holy city of Karbala on Ashura, which killed and wounded tens of Shiite mourners.

An Iranian professional swimming coach and lifeguard recounts the touching story of her son getting a cardiac arrest while swimming in the sea.

An Iranian oil tanker operated by the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) has experienced technical difficulties in the Red Sea.

An ultralight training aircraft crashed on Thursday near the city of Garmsar, some 100 kilometres south-east of Tehran, killing two people.

An independent campaign has been launched in Iran in order to attract international aid in cryptocurrency for flood victims in the face of US sanctions which have choked off foreign funds.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has expressed regret over the heavy casualties and damages caused by the recent floods in India, China, and Myanmar.

An Iranian fighter jet has crashed off the coast of Tangestan in Bushehr province, southern Iran, over “technical failure”, a local governor said.