Fire breaks out at Kaleh Dairy Factory in Amol, northern Iran
A fire broke out on Monday at parts of the Kaleh Dairy Company’s factory in the city of Amol in northern Iran.
Incidents
Red Crescent: 24 Iranian provinces affected by weather-related disasters
The Iranian Red Crescent Society announced on Friday that 18,000 people affected by snowstorms, blizzards, and flooding, particularly in the southern regions of the country, have benefited from the Red Crescent’s relief operations.
Iranian Red Crescent rescuer dies while saving flood victims in Jahrom
An Iranian Red Crescent rescuer lost his life during rescue operations amid severe flooding in the southern city of Jahrom, officials said on Friday.
Iran traffic police warn of ‘human tragedy’ as road deaths reach 20,000 annually
Iran’s traffic police say around 20,000 people lose their lives in road accidents each year, while nearly 400,000 others are injured, with 10 to 15 percent of the injured suffering permanent disabilities, calling the figures a “human tragedy.”
Wildfire destroys nearly 10 hectares of forest in northern Iran
A senior official from Iran’s Natural Resources Protection Unit says a major wildfire in the Elit forests of Chalous, in Mazandaran Province, has destroyed close to 10 hectares of woodland this month.
Iran says contained another wildfire in Hyrcanian forests
Iran has announced it has fully contained a new fire that broke out in parts of the Hyrcanian forests, a UNESCO World Heritage site that had suffered a major blaze earlier this month.
13 killed in southern Iran fuel carrier crash
Thirteen people were killed on Thursday evening in a collision involving a fuel-smuggling vehicle in southern Iran, local authorities reported.
Four dead, dozens injured in bus crash in Iran’s Firouzkouh
At least four people were killed and 30 others injured after a bus plunged into a ravine on the Damavand-Firouzkouh road near the Iranian capital, local officials confirmed on Friday.
Blast at Tehran University laboratory kills 1, injures 2
An explosion at a laboratory in the University of Tehran in the Iranian capital claimed the life of one person and injured two others.
Authorities in Iran vow accountability after deadly student bus crash
Authorities in Iran’s central Semnan province pledged on Wednesday accountability after a bus carrying female medical students crashed on the Semnan-Sorkheh road a day earlier, leaving two dead and 11 injured.