UN survey inspects stripped hospital buildings in Guilan-e-Gharb

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.

The mission observed total destruction and abandonment in Mehran and its surroundings. Reconstruction plans were reportedly nearing completion, while clearing work had started. Planning did not mean...

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...

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...

The mission found Qasr-e-Shirin nearly empty apart from construction workers clearing debris. Water, sewerage and electricity networks were destroyed beyond repair, and authorities planned to...

UN experts found extensive destruction in Sar-e-Pol-Zahab, but also repairable structures, partly functioning infrastructure and vigorous public and private construction. Recovery differed markedly...

At the Yazd Non agricultural scheme, experts found levelled garden farms, a destroyed pumping station and only foundations of storage buildings and houses. The bare land still retained traces of...