UN mission observes renewed activity at Khorramshahr’s bazaar

The Secretary-General informed the Council that a team led by Abdulrahim Abby Farah would study war damage and reconstruction in Iran. The mission implemented paragraph 7 of Resolution 598.

Finance Minister Mohsen Nourbakhsh described negotiations for foreign credits to support investment. The reported target did not mean that all proposed financing had already been secured.

Farah’s team began an exploratory visit to Iran lasting until 21 June. It gathered information on war damage, inspected affected installations and examined ongoing reconstruction efforts.

UN experts inspected the housing around Khorramshahr’s Customs area and found it heavily damaged beyond rehabilitation. Rebuilding homes remained a condition for restoring civilian life near the port.

The UN mission assessed a war-damaged brick palace used as a marine academy near Khorramshahr’s port. Despite major damage, it judged rehabilitation possible and recognized the building’s...

The mission saw a privately owned four-storey apartment building undergoing rehabilitation in central Khorramshahr, alongside housing construction elsewhere. Private rebuilding formed part of the...

Inspecting Minu Island’s rural housing, UN experts judged that prolonged abandonment and lack of maintenance caused much of the deterioration, while also observing apparent damage from hostilities.

UN experts found war damage and deterioration from neglect throughout Abadan’s inspected housing estates. They judged that extensive and costly work was needed to make these residential areas...

The mission observed the ruins of a hospital in Abadan and heard reports of damage to other hospitals and clinics. Its direct observation was narrower than the full health-sector losses reported by...

The UN mission was shown an abandoned school in Abadan bearing damage and signs of vandalism. Restoring education required attention to buildings and fittings as residents gradually returned.