UN experts inspect damaged pumping stations on the Ahvaz–Abadan route

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...

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 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...

At Conjacham Dam, experts found the structure permanently rebuilt after major damage. Few farmers had returned to nearby fields, showing that repairing headworks alone did not restore rural...

Mines prevented ground visits to badly damaged farmland around Qasr-e-Shirin, Sar-e-Pol-Zahab and Guilan-e-Gharb. An aerial overview revealed flattened agricultural buildings, damaged land and...