UN survey finds Abadan’s local electricity network needing extensive replacement

Experts visited Qasr-e-Shirin’s medium-wave transmitter station and found it devastated, with only diesel-generator engine blocks remaining. Reconstruction had recently begun at a site formerly...

At Khosrow Abad’s television/FM site near Abadan, experts found severe damage and scattered wreckage. Reconstruction was under way but the site was not operational; the main television centre had...

The mission visited Bostan’s television site and found total destruction: neither building remained standing and wreckage lay scattered across the area. Reconstruction had not yet taken place.

Experts visited Abdanan, Naftshahr and Kuh-e Nooh broadcast sites, finding severe damage and new replacement buildings. Their expected return to operation by 1992 remained a forecast at the June...

At Abadan’s former radio and television programme-production centre, experts found buildings and equipment devastated. Production had relocated to Ahvaz, while the original complex still required...

The mission assessed Khorramshahr’s destroyed local electricity network. New concrete poles supplied rebuilt areas, while coordinated work with other services addressed cable ducts and overhead...

The Christian Science Monitor reported renewed access for Iranian carpets and pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, showing practical effects of diplomatic rapprochement.

The Secretary-General submitted the team’s preliminary report on Iranian war damage and reconstruction. It combined reported infrastructure damage with observations from inspected sites.

Iran’s heritage authorities listed Abadan Museum in Abadan with about 100 percent wartime damage. The UN report reproduced an estimated 4-year restoration requirement; this was a planning estimate,...

Iran’s heritage authorities listed Archaeological station museum in Shush with about 30 percent wartime damage. The UN report reproduced an estimated 10-year restoration requirement; this was a...