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2019-04-06 11:09
ICT ministry restores connectivity in Lorestan after devastating flood
TEHRAN – The 4G internet coverage which had been lost due to the recent devastating flood in the city of Poldokhtar, Lorestan province, is now reconnected, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi announced on his Twitter account, IRNA reported.
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2019-04-05 19:51
Soleimani: Arbaeen mokebs to aid flood victims
TEHRAN – Major General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the IRGC Quds Force, has said in a message that the mokebs (tents) which provide Arbaeen pilgrims with services are to be put up in flood-stricken areas in Khouzestan and Lorestan provinces for a month in order to help the people.
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2019-04-05 19:49
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
Will recent floods ease Iran’s water bankruptcy?
TEHRAN— Since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year on March 21 some provinces across the country, in northern, northeastern, western and southwestern Iran were hit hard by devastating floods incurring a dramatic loss.
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2019-04-05 19:47
Cleric urges nation to help the flood-stricken
TEHRAN – Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard, the interim Friday prayer leader of Tehran, on Friday urged the nation to allocate part of their money to the flood-stricken people, Fars reported.
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2019-04-05 19:43
Analyst writes to U.S. on flood-hit Iranians
TEHRAN –Yuram Abdullah Weiler, a U.S.-based international affairs analyst who occasionally writes for the Tehran Times, has written an open letter to U.S. officials urging them to open a way for relief aid for those hit by floods in Iran.
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2019-04-05 19:40
Volunteers join forces to help flood victims
TEHRAN — While many cities and villages across the country from north to south and east to west have been hit by devastating flood military and relief forces as well as volunteer groups have collaborated in aiding flood-stricken people.
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2019-04-05 19:00
Floods in Iran leave behind up to $1.1b damage to agriculture
TEHRAN – Iranian Ministry of Agriculture estimates the damages caused by the recent floods to the country’s agricultural sector at 46.6 trillion rials (near $1.1 billion) based on the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials to a dollar, Mehr news agency reported on Thursday.
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2019-04-04 16:13
Foreign Ministry says U.S. blocking aid to flood-stricken Iranians
TEHRAN - The Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the United States has frozen the accounts of the Iranian Red Crescent Society as part of its sanctions against Tehran, thus preventing other countries from sending humanitarian aid to people affected by unprecedented floods.
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2019-04-02 23:30
Nourollahi’s jersey in auction to raise funds for Iran’s flood-hit people
TEHRAN – The jersey of Tehran derby scorer Ahmad Nourollahi will be auctioned to raise money for Iran’s flood-hit.
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2019-04-01 21:14
400 cities, villages inundated with floods nationwide: Minister
TEHRAN-- Devastating floods have hit 400 villages and cities in 15 provinces across the country, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli has said.
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2019-03-30 12:15
Flood inundates Khuzestan, Lorestan leaving 3 dead
TEHRAN —Flood has stricken at least 26 cities in provinces of Lorestan and Khuzestan, in western and southwestern Iran, over the past few days claiming three lives, Fars news agency reported on Saturday.
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2019-03-25 19:05
Floods hitting various provinces across Iran
TEHRAN — With only five days passed from Iranian New Year some provinces across the country including Golestan, Mazandaran, and Fars are hit hard by catastrophic floods.
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2019-03-25 16:29
Devastating flood hits southern city of Shiraz leaves 19 killed, dozens injured
TEHRAN — Heavy rainfalls have caused flash flood in Shiraz, southern province of Fars, on Monday killing 19 people and leaving 119 injured, Tasnim news agency reported.
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2019-03-24 11:57
Golestan flood incur loss of $260 million on agriculture sector
TEHRAN — The agriculture sector in the northern province of Golestan suffered loss of 10.9 trillion rials (nearly $260 million) due to the recent devastating flood in the region, an official with Agriculture Ministry has said.
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2019-03-24 01:29
Heavy rains leave provinces in northern Iran inundated
Heavy rains have battered Iran’s northern provinces of Golestan and Mazandaran, leaving homes flooded and others without power.
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2019-03-21 01:13
Iranian footballer dies in landslide
TEHRAN – Former Nassaji Mazandaran midfielder Keyvan Vahdani died following injuries he suffered in a landslide in Mazandaran Province.
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2019-03-16 21:49
Flood responsible for 61% of natural disasters
TEHRAN – Flood is the leading natural disaster being responsible for 61 percent of the total natural disasters happened in the country, according to studies conducted over the past four decades in Iran.
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2019-03-10 09:59
Heavy snow, flood, blizzard strike 17 provinces
TEHRAN — 17 provinces across Iran have been hit by flood and blizzard or covered in snow over the past 24 hours, Morteza Salimi, head of Rescue and Relief Organization said on Saturday.
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2019-03-06 22:08
Afghanistan hit by worst floods in 7 years
TEHRAN - More than 32 people have been killed and thousands others displaced due to massive flooding across Afghanistan over the past week.
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2019-03-06 10:07
$3.5m earmarked for two flood-affected provinces
TEHRAN – The government has allocated 151 billion rials (nearly $3.5 million) to compensate for flood damages in the two provinces of Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari and Ardebil, Seyyed Salman Samani, spokesman of the Interior Ministry has said.
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2019-03-03 20:29
Three border guards killed in flash floods in Mirjaveh
TEHRAN – Three Iranian border guards have been killed after flash floods hit the city of Mirjaveh in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Tasnim reported on Sunday.
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2019-02-13 21:54
Flood hits 22 provinces, leaving 2 dead, 5 missing
TEHRAN – Severe rain and snowstorms haunting 22 provinces of the country, triggered flooding and mudslides which have claimed two lives, and five others went missing, head of Rescue and Relief Organization Morteza Salimi has announced.
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2019-02-12 21:48
‘Satellite data efficient to contain environmental issues’
TEHRAN – Satellite images and acquisition of various satellite data makes many solutions available to reduce or even prevent environmental issues, while requires a timely utilization, head of Aerospace Research Institute (ARI), affiliated to the Ministry of Science, has said.
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2019-02-04 23:21
Omani tourists rescued from floodwaters
TEHRAN – Iranian relief forces have rescued 15 Omani travelers whose bus was stranded in floodwaters in southern Iran, IRNA reported on Monday.
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2019-02-01 22:30
‘Energy Ministry should set an agenda for dredging rivers’
TEHRAN — The Ministry of Energy should set an agenda for dredging rivers, Ismail Najjar, head of the National Disaster Management Organization has said.
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2019-01-30 16:57
Flash flood hits southwestern Iran, villages evacuated
TEHRAN — Heavy rainfalls in northern and eastern parts of the province of Khuzestan, southwestern Iran, have led to devastating flood hitting the region over the past three days leading to evacuation of some villages, Khabaronline reported.
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2019-01-27 10:06
Flood resilience improved in 1.5m ha of watersheds
TEHRAN – The Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization has enhanced the country’s watershed capacity to resist floods, 1.5 million hectares of which have so far undergone flood resilience measures, the Organization’s director for watershed management has announced.
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2019-01-04 22:13
Snow storm hit 17 Iranian provinces
TEHRAN — Seventeen provinces of Iran have been stricken by heavy snow storm over the past 24 hours, Rescue and Relief Organization head Morteza Salimi has said.
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2018-12-07 21:59
Floods inundate 6 provinces, claim one life
TEHRAN — Flood has stricken 6 provinces of Iran and left one dead, deputy head of Rescue and Relief Organization has said.
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2018-11-25 20:32
11 provinces hit by flood, 4 gone missing
TEHRAN — Four have, unfortunately, gone missing in floods hitting 11 provinces across the country over the past three days, Rescue and Relief Organization head Morteza Salimi said on Sunday.
