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  • 60m Iranians live in flood-prone areas 2022-12-06 20:57

    60m Iranians live in flood-prone areas

    TEHRAN – Some 60 million people in Iran are residing in flood-prone cities and villages, deputy head of the Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization, Hooshang Jazi, said.

  • Flooding incurs loss of $1.5b nationwide 2022-08-28 21:00

    Flooding incurs loss of $1.5b nationwide

    TEHRAN – Initial estimates indicate that flash floods that started on August 7 in many parts of the country have caused as much as 440 trillion rials (about $1.5 billion) damage so far.

  • Council established to safeguard Yazd’s cultural heritage 2022-08-14 21:25

    Council established to safeguard Yazd’s cultural heritage

    TEHRAN—Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts has established a special council tasked with monitoring and protecting historical monuments, sites, and centuries-old traditions in Yazd province.

  • Which wetlands refilled in flooding? 2022-08-03 16:59

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    Which wetlands refilled in flooding?

    TEHRAN – The recent floods caused by monsoon rains, while affecting two-thirds of the Iranian plateau and leaving many people dead and injured, have refilled dried rivers, streams, and dams.

  • Floods in 17 provinces leave 14 dead, 11 missing 2022-07-29 16:48

    Floods in 17 provinces leave 32 dead, 25 missing

    TEHRAN – Flash flooding in 17 provinces of the country has so far claimed 32 lives and left 25 people missing.

  • Flash flooding in southern Iran claims 17 lives, tens affected 2022-07-23 11:04

    21 killed, tens affected as flooding hits southern Iran

    TEHRAN - A devastating flood in the city of Estahban, southern Fars province, has left 21 people dead, as rescuers are continuing to hunt for two missing people.

  • Flooding hits over 70 cities across Iran 2022-05-06 17:21

    Flooding hits over 70 cities across Iran

    TEHRAN – Flood has stricken 73 cities in 17 provinces across the country over the past ten days, the ISNA news agency reported on Friday.