Zabol Governor Hooshang Nazeri has announced that 80 percent of his city has become unemployed due to many years of continued droughts. Nazeri, who was speaking at a meeting to promote alternative forms of employment in Sistan Province, told ISNA that prior to the droughts, the people of Sistan were mostly engaged in farming, raising livestock and ...

Air pollution and a high volume of dust particles have led to the closure of schools and government offices in Zabol. IRNA reports that according to Zabol Governor Hooshang Nazeri, the level of air pollutants in the city in recent days has been 40 times acceptable world standards and 12 times over dangerous levels. The Zabol weather office puts ...