UN experts observe the first postwar crops west of the Ahvaz road

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...

Experts observed mined stretches, embankments, military debris and severely disturbed land between Yazd Non and Hamidiyeh. Mine hazards and damaged terrain impeded the restoration of rural...

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,...

The mission inspected an agro-industrial complex near Mehran with severely damaged irrigation controls, canals, buildings and farm equipment. Its planned processing unit had never been built because...