Latest flood death toll in Iran, according to the Emergency Organization: 57 dead and 478 injured
The devastating flood that has swept over more than 15 provinces of Iran, including Golestan, Lorestan, and the southern provinces of Iran, has caused significant financial and human losses. According to statistics from the Iranian Emergency Organization, as of Tuesday, April 1, 57 people have lost their lives and 478 have been injured.
Mojtaba Khalidi, spokesman for Iran's Emergency Organization, told IRNA: "Among the dead, 22 people were in Shiraz, seven in Golestan, five in Mazandaran, three in North Khorasan, three in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, and five in Lorestan. Also, one person died due to flooding in the provinces of Khorasan Razavi, Semnan, Hamedan, Khuzestan, Kermanshah, Zanjan, Qazvin, and Ilam."
Regarding the number of flood victims since the beginning of 2019, the spokesperson for the Emergency Organization stated that the total number of flood victims since the beginning of the incident is 478, of which 430 were transferred to hospitals and 19 are still hospitalized.
US officials have repeatedly warned against the mismanagement of Iran's natural resources and the unnecessary and unplanned construction of dams aimed at lining the pockets of corrupt officials of the Islamic Republic regime, citing it as one of the main factors behind various environmental crises, including devastating floods and unprecedented droughts.
In May of last year, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, while announcing support for the Iranian people, said, "We are witnessing financial and environmental crises in Iran. Corruption has engulfed the country. The regime is stealing from its own people."
Also, Brian Hook, the US Special Representative for Iran, pointed out that 600 dams have been built in Iran "without any environmental assessment" after the revolution, and stated that the Islamic Republic regime has destroyed the country's water resources through mismanagement over the past forty years.
Source: Voice of America
