Woman arrested in Iran for killing 7 elderly men
A woman has been arrested in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran for killing 7 elderly men.
Incidents
Major Petrochemical plant in southern Iran catches fire
A petrochemical plant in southern Iran caught fire on Wednesday.
Oil pipeline blast hits village in Iran’s Hormozgan, Persian Gulf
An oil pipeline blew up in a village near Bandar Khamir in southern Iranian Hormozgan Province along the Persian Gulf, in the early hours of Monday, according to local sources.
Huge explosion destroys buildings in Shahre Rey, southern Tehran
A huge explosion inside a building in Shahre Rey, south of the capital Tehran, has destroyed much of an old 3-story building.
Third body recovered after building collapsed in southern Tehran
The spokesperson of the Tehran Fire Department says the third body, buried under the debris of a semi-finished and unauthorized building in the Iranian capital, has been discovered.
Wildfires in western Iran extinguished
Firefighters have managed to put out the flames that were raging in the forest near Marivan, in the western Iranian province of Kordestan.
Forest fires partly contained, but still raging in western Iran
Some 300 hectares of forests in the western Iranian town of Marivan are still engulfed by wildfires as helicopters keep flying over the area to douse the flames.
3.5-magnitude earthquake registered near Iranian capital
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale was registered to the southeast of the Iranian capital of Tehran, putting local rescue organizations on alarm.
Petro Refinery factory in western Iran on fire
Gohar Petro Refinery factory in the western Iranian province of Lorestan has been engulfed in fire.
Video shows moment of mountain slide in Iran’s treacherous Road
Footage has appeared of the moment a part of the Alborz mountain range collapses along the famed Road 77 in northern Iran.