Accidents and Natural Disasters

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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.
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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.
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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.
Incidents

101 people killed in road accidents during Eid ul-Fitr holidays

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The commander of the Iranian traffic police says 101 people have died across the country during the Eid ul-Fitr holidays over the past few days.
Incidents

Heavy hail causes material damage in Kermanshah, eastern Iran 

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Spring hail, as large as an egg, covered some parts of the western Iranian province of Kermanshah in the early hours of Wednesday.
Incidents

Iran Police: 813 people killed in Nowruz road accidents

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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.
Incidents

Nowruz road crash fatalities in Iran rises to 664

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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.
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9 killed in single road accident in Iran’s Semnan

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A traffic incident involving three vehicles in the central Iranian province of Semnan left 9 people killed on Thursday.
Incidents

Nowruz traffic accident victims in Iran soars to 510

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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.
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Search continues for 3 missing mountaineers in Iran’s Meshginshahr 

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Search and rescue operations continue amid a heavy pile of snow in Iran’s northwestern city of Meshginshahr to find three mountain climbers who went missing in the blizzard last week. 
Incidents

Afghan migrant dies, four wounded in mine blast on Iran-Iraq border 

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A mine explosion on the border between Iran and Iraq claimed the life of an illegal Afghan migrant and injured four others, the governor of the western Iranian town of Mehran said on Friday. 
Incidents

Huge fire engulfs hotel in Iran’s Bandar Anzali 

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A massive fire set a hotel in the Iranian northern port city of Bandar Anzali ablaze, whose heat could be felt from several hundred meters away.
Incidents

Heavy rains flood several provinces in Iran

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Several Iranian provinces have been inundated since the early hours of Monday after receiving heavier than normal precipitations.
Incidents

Floods in Iran claim 2 lives, one missing

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Heavy downpours in Iran have triggered floods in 13 provinces, which has so far left 2 people killed and another missing, the head of the country’s relief and rescue organization says.
Incidents

Official: Deadly fire in rehab center in Iran ‘definitely deliberate’

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The fire incident in a drug rehabilitation center in northern Iran last Friday that claimed the lives of 33 patients was a ‘definitely deliberate’ act, the Iranian interior minister says. 
Incidents

Heavy rains cause flooding in Iran, more expected

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Heavy downpours have triggered floods in 13 provinces across Iran. There are no immediate reports of damage or casualties as a result of the flooding.
Incidents

Death toll in drug rehab center in northern Iran rises to 32

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A fire incident in a drug rehabilitation center in northern Iran on Friday morning has so far left 32 fatalities and 16 injured, an official confirmed.
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Iran sends search, rescue teams to quake-hit regions in Afghanistan

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Iran has dispatched search and rescue teams to earthquake-stricken areas in neighboring Afghanistan.
Incidents

Quake in Afghanistan rocks areas in neighboring Iran, no damage or casualties yet

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Back-to-back earthquakes have jolted Afghanistan as well as Khorasan Razavi Province in northeastern Iran, but there are no reports of any possible damage in the Iranian province, which borders Afghanistan.
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