Four patients died in Tonkabon in Mazandaran Province after heavy snowfall kept them from reaching a hospital in time. Shargh Newspaper reports that three dialysis patients and one patient suffering from brain injury died due to delays in getting to the hospital from villages surrounding Tonkabon. A Tonkabon physician reported that the surrounding roads […]
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Record snowfall plagues northern Iranian provinces
Heavy snowfall has reportedly paralyzed the northern Iranian provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran, knocking out gas, power and water supplies. The Chaloos representative in Parliament reported today, February 3, that 145 townships in western Mazandaran are without water and power, and access to 10 cities has been cut off by snowfall in the region. […]