Accidents and Natural Disasters

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2 Dead in Chopper Crash in Southern Iran

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An Iranian helicopter has gone down in the south of the country, leaving two people dead and two missing.
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Apocalyptic Dust Storm Hits Iran’s Yazd (+Video)

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A devastating and horrific dust storm swept over Yazd province in central Iran on Monday.
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Iran Sympathises with Algeria over Deadly Plane Crash

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry has expressed sympathy over the crash of a military plane in Algeria which left dozens of people dead.
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Dozens Dead after Military Plane Crash in Algeria

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A military plane has crashed shortly after taking off from the Boufarik airbase outside the Algerian capital, Algiers, local media reports.
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Iran Sympathizes with Canada over Deadly Bus Crash

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has expressed regret over the fatal crash of a bus involving Canadian junior hockey team.
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Inspired by Plasco Tragedy, Scientists Build Firefighter Robot

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A group of Iranian scientists have invented a robot that can extinguish fires of up to 1000 Celsius degrees while it is engulfed in flames.
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Operation to Find Victims of Iranian Plane Crash Still Underway

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An Iranian official says the search for victims of the February plane crash in south-western Iran is continuing non-stop in areas near the peak of the Dena Mountain.
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Fire at Iranian Tea House Kills 11, Injures 6 (+Video)

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A fire started by a former employee destroyed a tea house on Tuesday and killed and wounded dozens of people in the city of Ahvaz in Khuzestan province, southwestern Iran.
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Dozens Killed, Missing after Huge Fire at Russian Mall (+Video)

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The death toll from the fire at the Winter Cherry shopping centre in Kemerovo, Sunday, has increased to 37, with reports of 69 people still missing, including 40 children.
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Animals Escape Zoo in Iran, but “Citizens Not in Danger”

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A senior environmental official has given citizens assurances that they are not in danger after several animals broke loose from a zoo in northwestern Iran amid a heavy storm.
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Iran’s Northern Forests Burning in Fire (+Video)

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Jungles in parts of Gilan province in northern Iran caught fire on Saturday night, a provincial official said, leaving no casualties but consuming hundreds of hectares of forests.
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Iran President Joins ‘No to Road Accidents’ Campaign

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has joined a nation-wide campaign called 'No to Road Accidents' as the Nowruz vacations begin.
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Iran’s Southwest Hit by 5-Magnitude Quake

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An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted an area in Iran’s southwestern province of Bushehr on Monday but there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
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4 Killed, 1,800 Injured in “Fireworks Wednesday” Incidents

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Firecracker-related incidents left 4 people dead and over 1,799 others injured in Chaharshanbe Soori, a fire festival held on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Iranian calendar year, the head of Iran’s Center for Emergency Medical Services said.
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Iran Offers Condolences to Bangladesh over Plane Crash

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has expressed regret over the crash of a Bangladeshi airliner, which killed and wounded dozens of people.
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Dozens Killed after Plane with 71 People on Board Crashes in Nepal (+Video)

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At least 23 people are believed to have survived after a plane carrying 71 passengers and crew crashed on landing at Nepal's Kathmandu airport on Monday.
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Turkish Plane Already on Fire before Crashing in Iran (+Video)

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An Iranian emergency official says the Turkish private jet which crashed into Iran’s Shahr-e Kord on Sunday had caught fire before the deadly incident.
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Aseman Airlines, Pilot to Blame for February Plane Crash in Iran

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Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization has released a preliminary report on the crash of an airliner in west-central Iran last month.
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Iran Expresses Deep Regret over Turkish Plane Crash

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has voiced deep regret over the fatal crash of a Turkish private jet in southwestern Iran.
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Turkish Private Jet Crashes in Southwestern Iran

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A Turkish private plane, which was travelling from Sharja in the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul, has crashed in southwestern Iran.
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39 Killed after Russian Transport Plane Crashes in Syria’s Latakia

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All the 33 passengers and 6 crew members of a Russian transport plane lost their lives after the An-26 aircraft crashed near the Hmeimim Airbase in Syria’s Latakia.
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Iran to Send Black Box of Crashed ATR Plane to France

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The flight recorder of an ATR 72 plane that recently crashed into a mountaintop in southwest Iran, killing all 65 people on board, is slated to be sent to France to be decoded, a lawmaker said.
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Black Box of Iranian Crashed Plane Found

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An Iranian Red Crescent Society official said climbers searching for the black box of a plane that crashed south of Isfahan province last month have found new pieces of the plane that could contain its black box.
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Fire at Baku Rehab Centre Kills 24 (+Video)

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At least 24 people have been killed in a fire at a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Azeri capital of Baku on Friday morning, authorities say.
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At Least Five Killed after Heavy Storms Hit Central US

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At least five people have lost their lives as a strong storm system that included a tornado pushed its way eastward through the central United States, leaving demolished homes, damaged vehicles and uprooted trees in its wake, according to American officials.
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