Accidents and Natural Disasters

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Cultural Heritage

Flooding damages historical district in Iran’s Yazd

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An Iranian official says recent flash flooding in Iran’s central city of Yazd has destroyed almost one percent of the historical district of the city.
Incidents

Death toll from Iran floods rises to 69

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The death toll from the recent spate of flooding across Iran has risen to 69 with 45 people still missing, the Crisis Management Organization of Iran says.
Local

Iranian president visits flood-hit area near Tehran

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has paid an unannounced visit to an area affected by the recent floods east of the capital Tehran. 
Local

Ayatollah Khamenei offers condolences over deadly floods in Iran 

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Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has offered condolences over the death of a number of Iranians in floods in parts of the country.
Incidents

Number of flood deaths rises to 61 in Iran

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The number of deaths from the recent floods across Iran has reached 61.
Incidents

Dozens killed in flash floods across Iran

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The number of deaths from the recent floods across Iran has reached 34.
Incidents

Over two dozen killed, missing in Iran flash floods, landslides

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Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains have left at last 14 people dead and 11 others missing across Iran in the last few days, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society.
Incidents

Flash floods hit Tehran, several killed and injured, some remain missing

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At least six people have been killed, nine others injured and an indefinite number of people have gone missing in northwestern regions of the Iranian capital Tehran after torrential rains ripped through the area.
Incidents

Floods cause outage in several villages in southeast Iran

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Floods triggered by heavy rainfall have hit Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Balouchestan Province, inundating 8 towns and 33 villages there.
Incidents

Governor declares day of mourning in Iran’s Fars province over deadly flooding

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The governor of Iran’s Fars Province has declared Sunday a day of mourning in the southern region due to the death of a number of people in a flood there.
Incidents

Nearly two dozen die as heavy rains, flash floods hit Iran’s Fars Province

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At least 20 people have lost their lives as flash floods triggered by heavy downpours are wreaking havoc in Iran’s southwestern province of Fars.
Middle East

Egypt offers condolences to Iran over deadly quake

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Egypt has expressed condolences to Iran over an earthquake that jolted the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan on Saturday and left five people dead and dozens injured.
Local

Number of injuries in Iran’s quake increases

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The number of people injured in Saturday‘s earthquake in southern Iran has increased to nearly 90. The death toll is so far 5.
Incidents

Several dead, injured as multiple quakes jolt port city in southern Iran

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At least five people lost their lives when a large magnitude-6.1 earthquake jolted a Persian Gulf port city in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan, followed by two later strong quakes of up to 6.3 magnitude.
Incidents

One fatality in quake on Iran’s Kish Island

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A 5.6-magnitude earthquake has rocked the Iranian island of Kish. The earthquake has so far left one person dead and dozens more injured.
Incidents

Iran building collapse death toll rises to 43

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After strenuous efforts by the rescue teams, more bodies have been recovered from the rubble of the building that collapsed in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan two weeks ago, raising the death toll to 43, the governor of the city said.
Incidents

Official: 17 Iranian provinces hit with flooding over past week

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Iran’s Red Crescent Society says 17 provinces were hit with flooding over the past week and hundreds of people were rescued from floodwaters by the organization over the period.
Incidents

Accidents caused by floods kill 7 people in Iran

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The Iranian Red Crescent Society says it has put 1,000 of rescuers on alert in the wake of floods that inundated parts of Iran.
Incidents

663 people killed in car accidents during Nowruz holidays

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At least 663 people have died across Iran in car accidents during the Nowruz holidays so far. A traffic police official has said 9,407 accidents have happened that caused injuries since March 17.
Incidents

‘Road accidents claim 17,000 lives in Iran annually’

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An Iranian official says an estimated 17,000 people lose their lives in vehicle accidents across the country on an annual basis, while the number is 20-30 times bigger when it comes to cases of injuries and disabilities.
Incidents

Storm rips through Tehran, injures 9

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A storm hit the Iranian capital Tehran on Thursday afternoon, injuring 9 people.
Incidents

Nearly 500 killed in car accidents in Iran since March 17 

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The head of the Iranian Police Traffic Control Headquarters says the number of people killed in car accidents since a few days before Nowruz has reached 486. Colonel Shirani said the incidents have happened during the past 10 days from March 17 until March 27.
Incidents

Iran police: 322 killed in car accidents since March 17

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An Iranian traffic police commander says 322 people have been killed in car accidents across Iran since March 17.
Incidents

Iranians hold funeral for pilots killed in plane crash in Tabriz

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People in the Iranian city of Tabriz have held a funeral for the pilots of a fighter jet and a civilian who were killed after the plane crashed in an urban area.
Society

Tehran Bazaar fire extinguished

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A huge fire engulfing the Shoemakers’ Bazaar in downtown Tehran has been put out. More in photos:
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