UN inspection finds rebuilt Doving dam with unfinished canals

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 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...

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...

The mission visited Khorramshahr’s destroyed telephone-exchange site and saw a completed replacement building with a new exchange. Surrounding demolition showed that communications recovery could...

Experts inspected Abadan’s damaged telephone sites, where offices had been rebuilt and exchange equipment replaced. Cable routes remained badly damaged and were being renewed, leaving network recovery...