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2019-05-13 21:18
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
‘Women and children have suffered the most in devastating floods of Iran’
TEHRAN - Iran was recently hit by devastating floods, which claimed more than 70 lives and left trails of destruction in many parts of the country. Some of the worst hit provinces include Golestan, Khuzestan, and Lorestan. In the absence of international assistance due to the U.S. sanctions, many Iranian organisations have come forward to provide help and assistance to flood victims.
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2019-05-10 21:58
Post-flood repair to finish by end of spring: interior minister
TEHRAN — Repair to the flood-hit houses will be finished by the end of the spring, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Thursday.
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2019-05-04 10:12
Horse beauty contest wraps up in Golestan province
A breeder handles horses during a beauty contest festival dedicated to Turkmen horses, which wrapped up in Sufian village, Golestan province, on May 1, 2019.
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2019-05-04 00:03
Hot tea raising esophageal cancer risk in Golestan province
TEHRAN — A new study has revealed that drinking hot tea has substantially increased the prevalence of esophageal cancer in Iranian province of Golestan, said the deputy health minister for research, technology and medical education.
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2019-04-30 21:05
Charity foundation donates livestock to flood victims
TEHRAN — Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam has donated some 1,500 livestock to flood victims in the northeastern province of Golestan on Sunday.
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2019-04-14 22:53
Intl. Environment Exhibition dedicates revenues to flood victims
TEHRAN—Revenues generated from the 18th International Environment Exhibition will be allocated to the victims of the recent floods in various provinces across the country, the exhibition’s executive director has said.
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2019-04-13 22:01
Iranians donate $31m in cash and kind to the flood victims
TEHRAN — Iranians have so far donated some 1.3 trillion rials (nearly $31 million) in both cash and kind to the flood victims, Iranian Red Crescent Society Chief Ali Asghar Peyvandi said on Saturday.
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2019-04-13 20:18
Resistance groups help flood victims in Iran
TEHRAN — While hundreds of Iranians are hit by floods and are displaced, various campaigns have been launched by Lebanese, Afghan, Pakistani, Iraqi, Tunisian, Syrian, Palestinian, Yemeni, Nigerian, and Bahraini resistance groups to help the victims get back on their feet again.
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2019-04-13 20:07
Leader calls forces killed in Gomishan floods ‘martyrs of service’
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has labeled as “martyrs of service” the popular forces who lost their lives in the city of Gomishan during the floods.
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2019-04-13 09:36
Social media created over 532,000 contents on ‘flood’ in Persian: data
TEHRAN – Over 532,000 contents about ‘flood’ were created in Persian language from March 15 to April 8 on Instagram, Telegram and Twitter, an Iranian big data company revealed, Mehr reported on Wednesday.
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2019-04-13 08:37
International humanitarian aid still arriving for the flood-hit in Iran
TEHRAN — Humanitarian aid from international organizations to the flood victims are still ongoing in Iran, deputy health minister for international affairs Mohsen Asadi Lari has said, IRNA news agency reported on Thursday.
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2019-04-10 22:09
Iraq, Azerbaijan provide aids to flood-hit regions in Iran
TEHRAN — Iraq and Azerbaijan have dispatched humanitarian aids to flood-stricken regions of Iran.
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2019-04-10 22:08
WHO airlifts medical supplies to people affected by the floods in Islamic Republic of Iran
The World Health Organization (WHO) today airlifted essential medical supplies to the Islamic Republic of Iran to respond to the growing health needs of thousands of people who have been displaced as a result of the flooding in many provinces in the country.
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2019-04-10 09:11
National, international aids mobilized for flood-hit Iranians
TEHRAN — While some flood-hit victims are still struggling with adverse effects of torrential rainfalls in the past three weeks, national and international aids have been sent to the affected regions since the very first days.
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2019-04-09 22:01
Remote sensing technology to estimate flood damage to agriculture in Golestan
TEHRAN -- Iranian Space Research Center is to perform a plan for estimating the damage caused by the recent flood to the agriculture sector in Golestan province through using remote sensing technology, Mehr reported on Tuesday.
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2019-04-07 08:56
Kuwait, Russia, Armenia send aids for flood-hit victims in Iran
TEHRAN — Kuwait, Russia, and Armenia have dispatched humanitarian aid to flood-hit people in Iran.
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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 19:00
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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2019-04-01 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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2019-03-24 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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2019-01-22 22:08
Rainfalls brings life back to Gomishan wetland
TEHRAN— Gomishan international wetland, northern province of Golestan, is once again partially filled with water with recent rainfalls, the provincial chief of the department of environment has said.
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2018-11-06 07:51
Golestan province preparing for tribes festival
TEHRAN – Iran’s northern Golestan province, which is home to various ethnic communities, is preparing to hold the 12th International Festival of Tribes Culture on the theme of “unity between tribespeople”.
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2018-10-08 23:59
Eco-lodges in Golestan province more than doubles in H1
TEHRAN – The number of eco-lodges across the northern province of Golestan has more than doubled during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21) from a year earlier.
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2018-10-01 17:49
Foreign tourist arrivals in Golestan province surge 113% in H1
TEHRAN - The number of international tourists visiting Iran’s northern province of Golestan rose sharply by 113 percent in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21) from a year earlier, provincial tourism chief has said.
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2018-09-16 11:11
Golestan province to add 200 eco-lodges to buttress tourism
TEHRAN – Golestan province’s governor has said that 200 eco-lodges will be opened to the public during the next couple of months to cater to the hospitality industry in northern Iran.
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2018-08-15 17:08
Handicrafts worth $3m exported from Golestan in 2 years
TEHRAN – Some $3 million worth of handicrafts was exported from Golestan province, northern Iran, over the course of two years ending on March 20, CHTN reported.
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2018-05-07 21:13
National festival to highlight beauty of Turkmen Horse
TEHRAN – A national festival featuring beauty of Turkmen horse will be held on Wednesday at pastures lands near Kalaleh, northern province of Golestan.
