Enemy must retreat as long as Iran’s legitimate demands are not recognized
MNA – Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) top commander Major General Hossein Salami said that enemy must retreat as long as Iran’s…
Tag Archives: Khuzestan flood
World nations send relief aid to Iran flood-hit people
IRNA – Eleven countries dispatched humanitarian and relief aid to the flood-stricken people of southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan two months ago,…
WFP provides 12,000 food packages for flood-hit Khuzestan
United Nations Iran – World Food Program (WFP), food-assistance branch of the United Nations, has delivered 12,000 food packages to the Iranian…
Malaysian Islamic Institutes representatives visit Khuzestan
IRNA – Representatives of the Malaysian Islamic Institutes arrived in Khuzestan province on Wednesday to see extent of the damages inflicted by…
President arrives in Ahvaz
President.ir – President arrived in Ahvaz City in order to visit flood-hit areas in the southwestern province of Khuzestan. Dr Hassan Rouhani’s…
Iraqi people donations distributed in Iran’s flood-hit areas
IRNA – Part of Iraqi people’s donations for flood-stricken people of Iran’s Khuzestan province, was distributed among the resident of the town…
No oil spill reported near Hoor al-Azim wetland
Financial Tribune – Despite the recent floods there has been no report of oil spill in Khuzestan Province oilfields, most of which…
Iran closes oil wells in flood-hit Khuzestan province, output drops
Reuters – Iran has shut around a dozen oil wells in its oil-rich southwestern Khuzestan province because of massive floods, the semi-official…
Envoys of 10 int’l bodies visit flood-hit Ahvaz villages
IRNA – Representatives from ten international organizations visited flood-stricken villages of southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz, a senior provincial official announced on…
Photos: Flood incurs heavy damages to villages in Susangerd
Mizan | Hassan Shirvani: With unprecedented rainfall in springtime and considerable increase of flow rate of rivers, a large part of villages…
Death toll in Iran floods rises to 76: report
Xinhua — The recent floodings in most parts of Iran killed at least 76 people, Press TV reported on Sunday. The heavy…
Floods incur over $3bn loss to Iran’s agricultural sector
MNA – Iran’s Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati says the recent heavy rainfalls and flash floods sweeping across much of the provinces are…
Commander calls US blacklisting of IRGC as foolish decision
Press TV – A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has blasted the United States for blacklisting the elite…
Iranians band together to battle devastating floods
Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: Sweat rolling down his cheek, Ghasem Arabi filled sandbags to prop-up a makeshift dyke as flood waters…
All capacities of Armed Forces being used to help flood victims: Minister
Tasnim – Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami highlighted the Armed Forces’ major role in relief and rescue operations in flood-hit…
Iran cuts oil output in some areas to save flood-hit people
Press TV – Iran has shut down some oilfields in Khuzestan province as intensive efforts are underway to control damage from flash…
110,000 housing units destructed in 3 flood-affected provinces
Tehran Times – Recent severe flooding damaged 110,000 houses in provinces of Lorestan, Golestan and Mazandaran, ISNA reported on Wednesday. Following heavy…
Khuzestan power grid reeling from flood impact
Financial Tribune – More than 1,500 kilometers of overhead and underground transmission lines and 1,043 power pylons in southwestern Khuzestan Province (except…
Army uses choppers, UAVs for flood monitoring, mapping
MNA – A high-ranking Iranian army commander says that the Army uses helicopters and drones as a tool for flood mapping and…
IRGC Ground Force equipment concentrated in SW Iran to prevent flood damage: Commander
Tasnim – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force’s equipment has been concentrated in oil-rich Khuzestan to deal with floods as…
Southwest Iran hit hard by flooding, evacuation underway in Ahvaz
Reuters – Iran evacuated residents from inundated areas of the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Wednesday as the nationwide death toll from…
Flood relief operations gain momentum
Financial Tribune – Relief operations in Iran’s flood-affected areas is gaining momentum as the Red Crescent Society mobilizes to dispatch much-needed aid…
Karkheh dam in southwest Iran overflows, residents ordered to evacuate
Tasnim – The governor of Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan said a major dam on the Karkhe river has overflown and local…
Floods force evacuation of hospital in southwest Iran
AFP – Iranian authorities on Monday evacuated patients from a hospital threatened by floodwaters in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, the semi-official…
Iran expands evacuations as rains worsen floods
Reuters – Iran moved on Saturday to evacuate more towns and villages threatened by floods after continued rain in the southwest of…
Photos: Aerial photos of flood-hit villages in Khuzestan prov.
Mizan | Mohammad Hassan Ameri: A few days after the devastating flood in Khuzestan province, different villages of this province are full…
Photos: Sheltering flood victims of Dez river’s margin
Mizan | Mohammad Hassan: Flood-hit people who live in villages on the margin of Dez river were sheltered in a newly launched camp…
IRGC using all capacities to prevent further flood damages
MNA – Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said the force is taking every necessary…
Pipelines in south Iran oilfields completely safe from floods
IRNA – Despite recent flood and river outburst in Khuzestan, all pipelines and oil installations of the National Iranian South Oil Company…
Photos: Jahangiri visits flood-stricken zones in Khuzestan prov.
ISNA | Alireza Mohammadi: Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri visited the flood-stricken areas in Khuzestan Province. The VP also visited Dez dam…
Photos: Evacuating flood-threatened villages near threatened dams
Tasnim | Mehdi Pedram Khou: At least 56 villages lying near the Dez and Karkheh rivers in the oil-rich southwestern province of…
Iran declares state of emergency in Khuzestan amid deluge fears
Tasnim – The governor-general of Khuzestan has declared a state of emergency in the southwestern Iranian province following heavy rain and the…
Rouhani: World disapproving US strategies
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday that no one in world is approving the American policies because the present US…
Rouhani visits Khuzestan Water and Power Authority’s monitoring centre
MNA – On a visit to flood-hit areas in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, Iranian President Rouhani visited Khuzestan Water and Power…
Rouhani urges necessary measures to contain any upcoming heavy rain, flood
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani on Friday stressed the importance of timely programs to control any forthcoming heavy rain and floods. President…
Photos: Pres. Rouhani arrives in Ahvaz to inspect relief operations in flood-hit areas
ISNA | Alireza Mohammadi: President Rouhani arrived in Ahvaz City on Friday morning to visit flood-hit areas in southwestern Khuzestan Province and…