Incidents

Firefighters have managed to contain a fire that started on Thursday in the forests of Kūh-e Bīsotūn (Mount Bisotoun) in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah.

A raging and widespread fire in the southwestern Iranian protected area of Khaeez in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad Province was put out on Friday morning after several days of hard work.

Firefighters have managed to contain the raging flames in the Karkheh National Park in the southern Iranian province of Khuzestan.

An Iranian army warship, the Sahand, experienced an incident near a repair facility close to Bandar Abbas. Reports suggest potential issues with the ship's ballast tank or water ingress through the shaft area during repairs.

Heavy rains in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran caused flooding and blocking off the roads on Tuesday.

The director general of the Crisis Management Department in the western Iranian province of Lorestan says firefighters are facing an uphill task containing a massive fire that broke out in Poldakhter.

The Iranian Embassy in Rome has confirmed reports that some Iranian nationals are among those who drowned in Italy in a boat incident. 

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter scale shook Sistan and Baluchistan province in southeastern Iran early on Wednesday, according to the country's seismological center.

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale struck the area between Khalilabad and Kashmar in Iran’s Khorasan Razavi Province at approximately 1:24 PM local time, resulting in the deaths of four individuals and injuring at least 120 others.

At least nine people have lost their lives in a fire incident that ravaged an educational hospital in the northern Iranian city of Rasht, the provincial capital of Gilan, in the early hours of Tuesday.

The dead body of a second driver was pulled from the debris on Monday after a mine collapse in the central Iranian city of Shazand a day earlier.

A mine collapse occurred near Shazand in Iran's Markazi province trapping some miners. Emergency response teams and engineering experts from the cities of Arak and Shazand quickly arrived at the scene to assess the situation.

People in the northern Iranian city of Shahroud were showered with hails on a hot Thursday just a week before the summer. 

Tehran residents faced challenging conditions as a substantial dust storm swept into the Iranian capital, bringing with it a dense cloud of dust and soil particles.

A severe dust storm swept through the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, bringing with it strong winds that significantly reduced visibility and caused widespread disruptions.

A large part of the forests in the Karkheh National Park in Iran’s southern province of Khuzestan are burning in fire. 

An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale shook Iran’s central province of Semnan earlier on Sunday.

A massive fire that set a hotel in the northern Iranian port city of Bandar Anzali ablaze on Friday has been contained, the spokesman for the Anzali Free Trade Zone said.

Iranian President Ebhrahim Raisi, his entourage and the crew on board the helicopter that crashed on Sunday in northwestern Iran have died, according to initial reports.

The exact crash site of the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi has been identified, that’s according to the IRGC Commander of East Azerbaijan province.

The head of Iran's Red Crescent Relief and Rescue Organization has announced that operational teams have identified the likely location of the crashed helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage.

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed deep concern following reports of a helicopter accident involving Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation.

Aid workers and search and rescue teams are continuing their efforts, but they have not yet succeeded in locating the exact position of the helicopter carrying the Iranian president and his accompanying delegation.

“Two of President Raisi's companions have contacted the center following the helicopter accident.”, that’s according to Mohsen Mansouri the executive vice president.

The site where a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed Sunday is very foggy, making it difficult for rescuers to search, Iranian Minister of Health Bahram Eynollahi has stated. A helicopter carrying Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and some other officials crashed while visiting a northern region and their condition is currently unknown.