UN survey observes mined farmland between Yazd Non and Hamidiyeh

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...

West of the Ahvaz–Hamidiyeh road, experts saw cleared land under wheat and barley cultivation. These were reported as the first crops since the war began, but degraded soil and poor germination...

East of the Ahvaz–Hamidiyeh road, experts found abandoned irrigation canals, mines, trenches and ravaged terrain. Farm equipment could not readily reach the land, and irrigation was virtually...

At pumping stations between Ahvaz and Abadan, the mission found most pumps missing or destroyed and no visible surrounding canals. Restoring farmland required rebuilding water distribution as well...

At Minu’s palm plantation, experts observed reeds, bushes, salinity and waterlogging amid extensive palm losses. Blocked waterways and altered drainage complicated the revival of a livelihood...

Experts visited Doving Diversion Dam near Dehloran. The replacement concrete structure was operational, but intake work remained unfinished and downstream canals carried no irrigation water,...