UN experts find Mehran deserted while clearance begins

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.

Travelling from Dehloran to Mehran, the mission visited Islamiyeh’s site. The report described repeated changes of control and conversion into a military camp; nothing remained of the village.

The mission visited Shahid Keshvari, one of Ilam’s small displacement camps. The visit placed displaced civilians alongside the city’s repaired buildings in the UN assessment of Iran’s postwar...

UN experts inspected Guilan-e-Gharb’s hospital remains, finding removed fixtures and devastated laboratory and X-ray buildings. The former maternity ward site was an empty lot, underscoring severe...

Extensive minefields forced experts to survey the Sumar area by helicopter. They saw no standing building in the deserted town, while some nearby villages appeared inhabited and less damaged.

Surveying by helicopter because of mine danger, experts found apparent total destruction at Naftshahr, including town buildings and oil installations. The mission was not informed of reconstruction...