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At least 11 dead in Iran floods: emergency services

TEHRAN, March 25, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – At least 11 people were killed and 35
injured in floods that swept across most Iranian provinces, the country’s
emergency services said Monday.

National Emergency Service chief Pirhossein Koolivand told state
television of the initial casualty toll in the southern city of Shiraz, as
the Crises Management Organisation said Iran was facing unprecedented floods
in 25 of its 31 provinces.

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