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2025-07-02 16:27
Most world heritage sites at risk from drought or flooding: UNESCO
TEHRAN – Nearly three-quarters of the world’s cultural and natural heritage sites are under threat due to either drought or flooding, according to a report released Tuesday by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.