Final UN annex describes displaced arrivals straining Ahvaz’s municipal finances

Dehloran city recorded 10,500 residents in 1980, zero in 1986 and 3,000 in 1990. Its municipality recorded 61,000, 1,988 and 21,782 respectively. Both series remained well below their reported 1980...

Musiyan municipality recorded 5,000 residents in 1980 and zero in 1986 and 1990. The annex supplies a municipality entry rather than a separate city entry; the zeros describe reported population,...

To encourage participation, Iran left rebuilding design and material selection to property owners. The UN annex recorded this discretion within an administrative policy that combined owner...

Iran’s reconstruction policy encouraged and facilitated voluntary assistance from other provinces. The UN annex listed this support among measures intended to involve the population in rebuilding...

Iran’s policy assigned army and Revolutionary Guard resources to infrastructure and government-building construction. The UN annex recorded the policy; it did not provide a complete project list or...

Plans for larger cities in formerly occupied areas were prepared in phases so rebuilding could start before final approval of an entire plan. The annex listed cities with plans partly or fully...

Reconstruction plans for Naft Shahr and Sumar had not started, the annex stated. Their return to Iranian control was recent, while mine clearance and other security operations remained incomplete.

Completed and ongoing rural plans were concentrated in the southern formerly occupied zone. The annex linked delays elsewhere to recent territorial recovery, uncleared mines and ordnance, limited...

The annex reported completed rural reconstruction and development plans for Abadan Island, the first phase of Dasht Azadegan and Dehloran. Completion of these planning documents did not establish...

In Minu and Abadan islands, prolonged abandonment damaged rural housing made mainly of earth. The annex explained that deterioration without maintenance could make replacement necessary even for...