Iran keeper Beiranvand selling Portugal match-worn shirt to raise cash for charity

TEHRAN – Iran national football team goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand has auctioned off his World Cup match-worn shirt to raise funds for the earthquake victims.

Esfahak rural landscape nominated for TO DO Award

TEHRAN – Esfahak rural landscape and its cultural heritage has become a nominee for the TO DO Award, which is presented by the German Institute for Tourism and Development.

Salami highlights IRGC relief operations in quake-hit areas

TEHRAN – Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has highlighted the IRGC’s relief operations in quake-hit areas in the northwestern province of East Azrbaijan.

Ex-Iran taekwondoka auctions his Olympic medal for Iran quake victims

TEHRAN – Former Iran Olympic medal winner Yousef Karami has put his medal up for auction to raise money for the victims of earthquake.

Govt. approves $71m in loans for quake-hit East Azarbaijan

TEHRAN – The government will provide some 3 trillion rials (about $71 million) to make up for the damage caused by earthquake in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan, Majid Joudi, an official with the Housing Foundation has said.

Six dead, hundreds injured as 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits northwestern Iran

TEHRAN - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck northwestern Iran early Friday, killing at least six people and injuring 584 others so far.

By Faranak Bakhtiari

Challenges facing Iran to become resilient against disasters

TEHRAN – Having tackled over 34 out of 41 natural disasters identified worldwide, Iran is among the top countries most prone to natural disasters. Therefore, risk reduction and resilience is widely recognized emphasizing the need for making cities resilient to disasters. But what are the challenges on its way?

Tehran facing serious risks of natural disasters

TEHRAN – Three natural disasters are threatening the capital city of Tehran, which is very vulnerable due to holding a great share of rundown areas, Reza Karami, head of Tehran Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization has announced.

Energy networks back to normal operation in earthquake-hit region

TEHRAN – Head of Iranian Energy Ministry’s Crisis Management Office, Meisam Jafarzadeh, said water and electricity networks are back in normal operation after an earthquake measuring 5.2 on Richter scale shook Choram Country in southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad Province on Monday.

No major harm to Khuzestan historical sites by quake

TEHRAN – No serious damage has been reported to museums and cultural heritage sites across Iran’s Khuzestan province hit by a medium-sized quake on Monday, according to the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.

Magnitude 5.7 quake hits southwestern Iran

TEHRAN – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake jolted southwestern Khuzestan province on Monday, Tasnim reported.

Fairly strong quakes shake western, southeastern Iran

TEHRAN — Fairly powerful quakes hit Ezgeleh, western province of Kermanshah, and Zahedan, southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, on Saturday.

Land subsidence an overlooked threat to the country: expert

TEHRAN – Although land subsidence is too subtle to be detected, it must be tackled before incurring great loss, which has been proved to be more destructive than flood and earthquake, deputy director for Iran National Cartographic Center has said.

Quake hits western Iran

TEHRAN—Two fairly powerful earthquakes shook western Iran near its border with Iraq on Monday afternoon, Ana news agency reported.

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.

$2.8b government aid paid to quake-stricken Kermanshah

TEHRAN – The government has so far spent 120 trillion rials (about $2.8 billion) to make up for the damages caused by earthquake in the western province of Kermanshah, Esmaeil Najjar, head of the National Disaster Management Organization has said.

National document on disaster management training prepared

TEHRAN — A national document on disaster management training has been prepared for 27 provinces, deputy director of National Disaster Management Organization has said.

Magnitude 5.2 quake strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island

TEHRAN – A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has left five people, including three women, injured in Iran’s south.

Health Ministry teaches disaster preparedness to 2.5m families 

TEHRAN — The Iranian Health Ministry has taught disaster preparedness to 2.5 million families in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (starting on March 21, 2018), Mohammad Esmaeil Motlaq, an advisor the ministry has said.

23,000 housing units completed in quake-stricken Kermanshah  

TEHRAN—Some 23,000 housing units were completed in quake-stricken regions of the western province of Kermanshah, deputy director at the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation has said. 

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocks western city of Gilan-e Gharb

TEHRAN—An earthquake measuring 5.9 on Richter scale shook the western city of Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah province, on Sunday. 

Hospital damaged by Kermanshah quake reopens 

TEHRAN — A hospital which was damaged over last year’s devastating earthquake of Kermanshah, western Iran, was reopened on Thursday, ISNA news agency reported. 

Headquarters set up for renovating run-down areas in Tehran 

TEHRAN — Headquarters for sustainable renovation of run-down areas in the capital city of Tehran has been established, Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi said on Thursday. 

Earthquake risk high in 78% of cities in Iran, says IRCS  

TEHRAN — There are 120 active faults in Iran and about 78 percent of cities nationwide are located in earthquake prone regions, director of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Rescue and Relief Organization, Morteza Salimi, said on Saturday. 

Earthquake maneuver performed at schools nationwide

TEHRAN – The 20th earthquake maneuver, aiming at preparing for the unexpected natural disasters and practicing personal protective actions, is performed at over a 100,000 schools across the country on Wednesday, YJC reported.

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits western Iran, leaves over 700 injured 

Tehran -- A powerful quake measuring 6.4 on Richter scale shook the western province of Kermanshah late on Sunday night, leaving some 729 injured.

2,000 newly built houses inaugurated in quake-hit Kermanshah 

2,000 houses built by Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation were inaugurated on Sunday in earthquake-stricken areas of the western province of Kermanshah with the Foundation’s head, Parviz Fattah, in attendance.