Accidents and Natural Disasters

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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.
Incidents

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.
Incidents

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.
Local

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.
Incidents

Water, electricity and gas restored in Iran’s Astara after heavy flood 

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An official in the northern Iranian province of Gilan says authorities have managed to restore water, electricity and gas in all areas affected by the recent flood in the city of Astara along the Caspian Sea
Incidents

Flood causes injuries and heavy damage in Astara, northern Iran 

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Heavy rains have triggered a flood in the northern Iranian city of Astara, along the Caspian Sea.
Incidents

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

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

Flooding hits town in drought-hit region in Iran

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A town in Iran’s Sistan-and-Baluchestan Province has been hit with flooding, and dozens of villages have been cut off.
Incidents

Wildfires still raging in Iran’s west

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

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

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

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

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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.
Incidents

7 dead, 2 missing as flooding hits 12 Iranian provinces

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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.
Incidents

Large hail falls harm farms, cars in northwestern Iranian town

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Large hail falls inflict damage on farms and cars in the town of Kalibar in Iran’s northwestern province of East Azarbaijan.
Incidents

One dead, five missing as severe flooding hits Iran’s NW regions

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At least one person is killed and five others are missing as severe flooding, caused by heavy rainfall, ravages through towns and villages in Iran’s northwestern province of Ardebil.
Incidents

Four dead as heavy flooding wreaks havoc in northeast Iran

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At least four people have lost their lives as flooding, triggered by heavy downpours, hits Iran’s North Khorasan Province.
Nature and Wildlife

Hails as big as eggs hit region in western Iran

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Hails as big as eggs have fallen in Uramanat, a region in Iran’s Kermanshah Province.
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