Reuters - Flooding has caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage to Iranian agriculture, an official said on Thursday, as the parliament speaker questioned whether government funds would be adequate to compensate communities and farmers. The disaster, which has so far killed 62 people, has left aid agencies struggling to cope and seen 86,...

IRNA Iran is to build a movable railway bridge over the Arvand River as part of the 35-kilometer Shalamcheh-Basra railway project for linking Iran-Iraq railway network. Director General of the Railway and Technical Structures Department at the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) Mohammad Mousavi made the remarks in Khouzestan Province on Thursday ...

Financial Tribune - Climate change caused around 220 trillion rials (more than $1.97 billion) in damage to Irans agriculture during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), according to the Director General of the Crisis Management and Reduction of Hazards Bureau with the Ministry of Agriculture. Drought, cold snaps, dry spells,...