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Flash floods kill six in Iran: state media

By AFP
October 01, 2024
Flash flood killed six in Tehran and four in the southern province of Hormozgan on Friday night. — AFP/file
Flash flood killed six in Tehran and four in the southern province of Hormozgan on Friday night. — AFP/file

TEHRAN: At least six people have been killed and eight others are missing after flash floods swept through southern Iran, a region usually parched, state media reported on Monday. “Five foreigners and one Iranian died due to flooding of Halil River in Jiroft and eight people are missing,” the official IRNA news agency said. It did not specify the nationality of those who died.