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.
Incidents
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.
Training helicopter crashes in Iran’s Karaj, two killed
A helicopter used for training pilots has crashed in Iran’s Karaj near the capital Tehran, killing the trainee and the coach.
Iranian firefighters put out blaze in wildlife reserve of Miankaleh, Mazandarn Province
Firefighters have put out a fire that raged on for 15 hours in the Miankaleh Sahra wildlife reserve of Iran’s Mazandaran Province.
Dozens of Iranian pilgrims hospitalized after fire engulfed hotel in Iraq
At least 70 Iranian pilgrims have been hospitalized after a fire engulfed Qasr al-Shafa’a Hotel in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf.
Miankaleh Peninsula in northern Iran engulfed in fire
The Director General of Mazandaran Governorate’s Crisis Management Department says 10 hectares of the Miankaleh Peninsula in northern Iran are engulfed in fire.
Wildfires extinguished in western Iranian forests
Local authorities say that a series of wildfires that had been burning in forests in Iran’s western Kurdistan Province have been successfully contained.
Wildfires still raging in Iran’s west
Wildfires are still burning in forests in Iran’s western Kurdistan Province, where local authorities have planned aerial firefighting operations.