An Iranian Oil Ministry official has denied reports that flooding in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan has affected the countrys crude output. Karim Zobeidi, from the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), said on Sunday that production from oil wells in Khuzestan had continued unabated despite a series of flash floods that swept through cities and ...

Tasnim Heavy rainfall caused flooding in dozens of cities and villages in Irans northwestern province of Ardebil, forcing many families to leave their homes. Roads to some 50 villages have been cut near Meshkinshahr, Ardebil Province, due to the heavy rain and flooding. Necessary measures are underway to reopen the roadways to the areas. Two ...

Financial Tribune - Floods that have swept the country since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20) have inflicted up to 9 trillion rials ($56 million) in losses on some 10,000 kilometers of roads across the country. This was announced by Reza Akbari, the deputy head of Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization, affiliated with ...

Financial Tribune - Floods in the first week of spring have inflicted losses estimated at 8,700 billion rials ($54.37 million) on the countrys roads, the deputy head of Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization says. As we speak, only 45 rural roads in Kerman, Hormozgan, Golestan and Sistan-Baluchestan are closed, Reza Akbari was also ...

Press TV - Irans transportation minister says recent floods have closed roads to 130 villages mostly in the south of the country. Mohammad Eslami said on Tuesday that emergency teams had been dispatched to flood-affected regions in several provinces to repair the roads. It is predicted that initial repair is finished soon and the situation will ...

Tasnim - Spring floods have caused damages to many urban and rural areas in several provinces of Iran, mainly in the southern parts of the country, and have killed as least eleven people as of Monday, as the rescue and relief operations are underway in the affected regions. Heavy rainfalls over the past days have created flash floods and swollen ...

Financial Tribune - Heavy rains that began Monday have led to flash floods in the west and southwest of Iran, causing damage to infrastructure in some provinces. In western Lorestan Province, 37 villages are disconnected from the power grid and water supply to 23 villages has been cut off. Gas supply is cut off in Mamulan City, the Energy Ministry ...

Financial Tribune - Severe flooding that hit Iran in March and April was the world's ninth costliest weather disaster of 2019, according to insurance broker Aon (formerly called Aon Benfield). It cost the country $8.3 billion in economic losses and $200 million in insured losses sustained by private insurers and government-sponsored programs, while ...

Tasnim The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force keeps providing flood-hit people in Irans southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan with essential humanitarian aid, a commander of the force said. The Southeast Quds Headquarters of the IRGC Ground Force is continuing the process of providing (relief) services in the flood-stricken ...

Tasnim Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said the ministry has mobilized all its facilities and equipment to help the flood-stricken people in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan. During a visit to Sistan and Balouchestan, Brigadier General Hatami met and sympathized with a number of families affected by the ...

MNA Chief Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Major General Salami visited the flood-hit areas in southern Iran on Sunday to inspect the relief and rescue services in those areas. During the visit, Major General Salami stressed that the IRGC and Basij voluntary forces will reach out to help those who have been affected by the recent ...

Tasnim | Erfan Kouchari: Aerial relief operation is underway in Irans flood-hit Sistan and Balouchestan province as heave rainfall inflicted damages on over 800 rural roads, bridges and waterways of the southeastern province.        ...

Financial Tribune - Floods have inflicted losses worth nearly 90 trillion rials [$690 million] on Irans economy in the fiscal 2019-20. The Crisis Management Organization put flood damage suffered by three provinces at 30 trillion rials ($230 million) and spring inundations during March-April 2019, which involved 15 provinces, at 60 trillion rials ...

IRNA A provincial official of Ministry of culture and Islamic Guidance in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, said on Wednesday that the cost of the Fajr International Film Festival was allocated to the flood-stricken areas of the province. Speaking to IRNA, Hossein Mesgarani said the secretariat of the Festival is to help provide the flood-stricken with ...

Tasnim Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made assurances that his administration would use all its power and capacities to help rebuild areas damaged by recent flooding in the southeastern parts of the country. I am proud that one week after the floods happened, the water and power supply problems have been resolved, Rouhani said, addressing a session ...

Tehran Times - The chief of the Army Ground Force said on Friday that certain units his command have flocked to the flood-hit regions in the southeastern part of the country to help those affected by the heavy rains. Kiomars Heidari said that the brigades 188, 288 and 388, engineering-combat groups and military helicopters have been dispatched to ...

IRNA | Ahmad Moeinjam: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani traveled to the Southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan on Saturday to directly manage the situation in the aftermath of an unprecedented flood in the region with serious material damage to properties, animals and lands. Upon his arrival in the Southeastern province, President Rouhani ...

Financial Tribune - Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami says flooding has inflicted damages on roads, bridges and waterways of the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province worth 7,000 billion rials ($53 million). Over 800 rural roads were either damaged or washed away by torrential rains, but thanks to the efforts and dedication ...

IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stated on Saturday that the government has stood by the flood-stricken people in different southeastern cities. Government spares no efforts to help the flood-hit people, President Rouhani said during his visit to a village in southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan which is suffering from flood ...

Tasnim Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said the IRGC has dispatched necessary equipment to help in relief and rescue efforts in the flood-stricken areas of the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan. Speaking to reporters in the province on Tuesday, Major General Salami said that the ...