UN experts find Conjacham dam rebuilt but few farmers returned

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...

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...

The mission visited Bostan’s telecommunications facilities and found evidence of complete destruction. Re-establishing local connections was a separate task from repairing houses and schools in the...