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2019-07-09 20:42
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.
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2019-06-17 19:29
Tchogha Zanbil: World’s best surviving example of Elamite architecture
TEHRAN – UNESCO-listed Tchogha Zanbil is widely known as the world’s best surviving example of Elamite architecture. The ruined ziggurat stands in Khuzestan province, southwest Iran. It was made a UNESCO site in 1979.
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2019-05-20 22:51
Dez coastal resort in southwestern Iran
TEHRAN - Dez coastal resort, also called Ali Kalleh, is a popular coastal park in Khuzestan, southwestern Iran.
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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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2019-04-14 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 12:08
UNHCR Iran air freight of aid lands in Tehran to contribute towards government-led flood relief efforts
Unprecedented heavy rains and flooding in the Islamic Republic of Iran have swept over much of the country, affecting 24 of its 31 provinces. According to latest government estimates, since 19th March 2019, 70 people have died and over 1,000 have been injured. Displacing an estimated 500,000 people, the floods have left over 2 million in need of immediate humanitarian assistance, including refugees living in Iran.
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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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2019-04-13 08:34
‘Oil Ministry’s blockage of water to Hour al-Azim a big lie’
TEHRAN — Preventing flood water from entering Hour al-Azim wetland by the Oil Ministry is a “big lie”, Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has said, IRNA news agency reported on Friday.
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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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2019-04-07 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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2019-04-07 08:51
Flood in Iran: Emergency evacuation ordered in Khuzestan
Khuzestan's governor general Gholamreza Shariati said on Sunday that six cities along the Karkheh River needed to be evacuated as soon as possible as the river is feared to burst its banks, IRNA news agency reported.
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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 19:40
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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2019-04-01 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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2019-03-10 23:25
Non-oil exports from Arvand Free Zone at $1.2b in 11 months
TEHRAN- Over $1.2 billion worth of non-oil commodities was exported from Arvand Free Trade Zone during the first eleven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2018 – February 19, 2019), a deputy at Arvand Free Zone Organization announced.
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2019-03-08 20:44
SDSs haunting 35,000 sq. km of country’s land area: GSI
TEHRAN — Approximately 35,000 square kilometers of the country’s land area in various regions are being haunted by sand and dust storms (SDSs), director of Geological Survey and Mineral Explorations of Iran (GSI) has said.
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2019-02-17 09:36
Precipitation triples last year’s mean in Iran
TEHRAN — As per the data released on Friday by the National Drought Warning and Monitoring Center affiliated to the Meteorological Organization, precipitation amounts in the current water year (starting on September 23, 2018) have jumped three-folds compared to the same period a year earlier.
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2019-02-15 21:28
Plans on agenda to address sand and dust storms in 4 provinces
TEHRAN — Studies to combat sand and dust storms are almost completed and next year (starting on March 21) plans will be implemented in four provinces of Khuzestan, Sistan-Baluchestan, Kerman and Hormozgan, director of the national headquarters for combatting sand and dust storms has said.
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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 22:28
Al-Ahwaz claims responsibility for terror act in southwest Iran
TEHRAN – The Al-Ahwaz terrorist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a police patrol car in Iran’s southwestern port of Bandar Imam Khomeini that killed two cops, a police official from Khuzestan Province announced on Sunday, Tasnim reported.
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2019-01-23 21:45
‘Zaras village’ an emerging destination for nature lovers
TEHRAN - Once an intact village in the heart of Zagros Mountains, Zaras is becoming a favorite travel destination in the southwestern Khuzestan province.
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2019-01-18 23:11
Sand, dust storms hit Khuzestan, PM at 22 times above safe levels
TEHRAN — Southwestern province of Khuzestan was hit by sand and dust storms on Thursday where particulate matters (PM) concentration peaked at 22 times the safe levels, IRNA news agency reported.
