UN experts inspect repaired residential damage in Ahvaz

The mission saw at least six abandoned brick kilns on Abadan Island, some partly destroyed. Officials said they would not be rehabilitated because their bricks were poor quality; the causes and timing...

UN experts saw two model villages under construction on rural Abadan Island. New baked-brick houses with concrete-block foundations and steel roof beams reflected a plan to improve housing as well...

In Bostan, UN experts saw houses bearing signs of two rehabilitation stages, damaged schools and a damaged reconstruction warehouse. Repeated fighting had disrupted earlier efforts to restore the...

The mission found deserted villages around Rafei, with some people living in makeshift dwellings nearby. Much damage involved flooding and vulnerable mud-brick buildings; most villages showed no...

UN experts found much of old Howeyzeh razed and its bridge destroyed. The report described Iranian construction of houses, schools, a hospital and civic buildings as the town was replanned on a larger...

UN experts saw the remains of Dehloran’s water-treatment plant amid extensive destruction. Government buildings and some houses were being rebuilt, but restoration of settlement services remained a...

The UN mission inspected Musiyan and its rubble dump, finding even substantial reinforced-concrete and brick structures levelled. Reports of former schools and a clinic could not be verified from...

Experts inspected the ruins of a substantial house at Nahr Anvar. The village had been turned into a fortified position, and every building was reported destroyed, showing how military use...

The mission visited Patak, where only one stone and reinforced-concrete structure remained standing. Military hardware lay mixed with building rubble, illustrating the destruction confronting...

UN experts found Bareh Bijeh levelled except for a water tower that had served as a watchtower. The surviving utility structure stood amid a devastated village landscape.