UN mission inspects a devastated agro-industrial unit near Mehran

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,...

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...

In Dezful, the mission found a reconstructed exchange building and repaired main exchange, then inspected damaged underground and open-wire distribution systems. Repairs had started but would take...