Accidents and Natural Disasters

Extreme weather conditions have caused havoc in several areas across Iran.

Torrential rain has triggered flooding in areas in western Iranian Ilam province, inflicting damage on the local infrastructure.

Harsh weather has claimed the lives of two climbers in the heights of Mount Alam (Alam Kooh) in Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says officials are working to resolve problems in the flood-hit and quake-hit areas of the southern province of Hormozgan.

A fire has broken out at Iran’s Shahzand Petrochemical Plant, killing one person and wounding two others.

At least four people have lost their lives and dozens of vehicles are damaged in two pileups caused by foggy weather in the southwestern Iranian province of Khouzestan.

A shooting has killed the mayor of a small town in southern Iran.

Authorities in Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan Province say 13,000 families have been affected by the recent floods there.

Flash floods, triggered by heavy rains over the past three days, have wreaked havoc in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan, forcing hundreds of families into emergency shelters.

The death toll from floods triggered by torrential rains in the southwestern Iranian province of Fars has reached five.

President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran has ordered relevant authorities to speed up the payment of compensation to the families of those who lost their lives in the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in early 2020 near Tehran.

The inundation of streets in southeastern Iranian province of Saistan and Baluchestan has forced the closure of schools in two cities.

Road maintenance workers in Ardebil Province have been working to clear all roads blocked by snowfall. “So far, more than 216 rural roads have been...

A multiple vehicle collision in southern Iran has left 10 people dead and five wounded.

Two Tehran-Karaj subway trains have collided after one train derailed.

Firefighters are trying hard to put out fires in Golestan National Park in Iran’s northern province of Golestan.

Iran's Red Crescent rescuers have found the body of a mountain climber who was among ten people who had gone missing in an area close to Dizin Ski Resort north of Tehran.

A deadly road crash in central Iran has left 9 people dead and 16 others injured. One of the dead lost his life while being transferred to the hospital.

The deputy governor of Iran’s western Province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari has confirmed that a drone made emergency landing in Kouhrang county, rejecting earlier reports that the aircraft crashed.

Local people in the western Iranian Kouhrang County have taken on social media, reporting a drone aircraft crash in the area and sharing footage of the incident.

Iranian schools have held their largest, so far, earthquake and safety drills under the motto “Safe School, Tolerant Society, Preparing for Quake in Pandemic Situation”.

Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber has paid an overnight visit to the quake-hit areas of the southern province of Hormozgan, after a 6.4-strong earthquake hit the area.

Hours after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Laft region in Iran’s Hormozgan province, people are out on the streets.

Two powerful earthquakes have struck Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan seconds apart leaving two people dead and causing minor damage.

An Iranian warship has repelled an attack by pirates on an oil tanker belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Gulf of Aden.