Six people have died in Gilan and Mazandaran after falling from a great height while shovelling snow from rooftops.
The crisis response branch of the ministry of health told ILNA that Gilan has seen 96 cases of people falling from heights, adding that two have been killed and another one is in critical condition.
In Mazandaran, he added, 26 falls ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has dispatched his ministers of power and transportation and development to Gilan and Mazandaranprovinces, where heavy snowfall and extreme weather conditions have wreaked havoc.
The ministers have been told to provide immediate relief from inaccessible roads and power and water outages.
Meanwhile, the interior ...
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Addressing a summit of university heads, President Hassan Rouhani said the views of the academics were being drowned out by some illiteratescriticizing the administration's ...
TEHRAN, Feb. 5 (MNA) Emergency measures have been taken to resolve the problems that thousands of people are experiencing in northern parts of Iran as a result of the heaviest snowstorm in five decades, which has buried some areas under two meters of snow.
Power supplies have been restored in 95 percent of the affected areas, Iranian Interior Minister ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has sent Revolutionary Guard and army troops to two northern provinces struck by heavy snowfall that trapped thousands on the road and cut off water and power supply in the remote region.
The country's state television says troops joined the Red Crescent and other rescue teams in Gilan and Mazandaran provinces where the snowfall ...
Tehran The heaviest snowstorm in five decades has blanketed provinces in northern Iran, cutting power supplies and trapping villagers, Iranian media reported Monday.
The storm is "unprecedented for the past 50 years, with two metres (almost seven feet) of snow falling since Friday," a Mazandaran provincial official said, quoted by the media.
"Our ...
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