On Friday, July 22, heavy rain and subsequent flooding killed 11 people in Fars province, southwest Iran.
In recent days, flash floods have wreaked havoc in hundreds of Iranian communities, leaving a horrifying trail of devastation and death in their wake. According to estimates, the death toll has surpassed 100. As per Mehdi Valipour, head of the regime’s Red Crescent, the official death toll is 61, with 32 others missing. The Head of the regime’s Crisis Management is warning that floods have been reported in 385 areas of at least 111 cities across 27 of Iran’s 31 provinces.
Yazd province in central Iran has been hit particularly hard, with officials reporting six deaths and ten people missing. According to the Yazd provincial governor, more than 13,000 homes in urban and rural areas of Yazd have been damaged.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran’s (NCRI) President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, expressed her condolences to the Iranian people in the wake of the recent floods and landslides. She also denounced the mullahs for their destructive policies, which frequently result in such catastrophes, as well as the regime’s refusal to provide aid to flood victims all over the country.
Maryam Rajavi expressed her condolences to the Iranian people in the wake of the recent floods and landslides.
“The eruption of floods in more than 20 provinces, the loss of so many lives in cities and villages, and the damages and homelessness of defenseless people in the face of natural disasters under the predatory rule of the mullahs are a national disaster,” Mrs. Rajavi said.
“The mullahs’ plundering and wasting of Iran’s wealth on a nuclear, missile, and warmongering projects have destroyed the country’s infrastructure, leaving Iranians defenseless against natural disasters. The clerical regime must account for the loss of lives and homes,” the NCRI President-elect continued. Floods and landslides have reportedly blocked major roads and highways in at least six provinces.
“90 percent of the village of Mozdaran in the Firuzkuh district of Tehran province has been engulfed in mud. Most certainly the death toll from this region is more than those being reported from Tehran province, the entire country, and even the Imamzadeh Davood area,” said Seyed Ahmad Rasoulinezhad, a member of the regime’s Majlis (parliament), in recent remarks to state media.
Mrs. Rajavi said. “The mullahs’ plundering and wasting of Iran’s wealth on a nuclear, missile, and warmongering projects have destroyed the country’s infrastructure, leaving Iranians defenseless against natural disasters.
Locals in this village protested regime President Ebrahim Raisi’s sham visit and demanded that he stop making empty promises and instead deliver desperately needed aid.
Imamzadeh Davood is located in northwest Tehran province, and official reports indicate that at least 22 people died as a result of the recent floods. Search teams are still working, and dozens of people have gone missing. Firuzkuh and Damavand in Tehran province have also reported significant casualties and devastation. At least three children have also been reported dead. At least 15 people have died, 16 have gone missing, and 12 have been injured in Firuzkuh and the nearby Zarindasht village.
The regime’s “Iran Meteorological Organization” head, Sahar Tajbakhsh, recognized the regime’s destructive role in the recent floods, particularly in the Imamzadeh Davood area.
“The floodwaters in the Imamzadeh Davood area were similar to the 2018 floods we witnessed in Shiraz. The water paths have been modified for other purposes in the previous years because the topography of this area should not allow 20 to 30 millimeters to result in such an incident. As a result, we can most certainly conclude that the water path in this area had been modified,” she said in a recent state TV interview.
The recent floods have also caused significant damage in Rafsanjan, Kerman province in south-central Iran. “A couple from Anar were on their way to Rafsanjan when they were trapped by floodwaters and unfortunately lost their lives,” a provincial official told state
media.
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