Iranian President Rouhani visits flood-hit zones after nine days of heavy rains inundate most of the country and kill 43 people
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a visit to areas affected by floods in the country's northeastern Golestan region on March 27, 2019.
The disaster, which one government minister blamed on climate change, struck in the middle of Iranian New Year break, with many relief workers on leave and millions of holidaymakers on the roads. "I had planned to come in the first days, but ultimately due to considerations it was decided the first vice-president would travel here," he said.
"The floods struck during the holidays and many vacationers on road trips were affected by it," Peiravi told AFP. "Another body has been found, but we have not yet recovered it," the area's emergency services head Alireza Kamalgharibi said, adding that search and rescue operations would continue as it was unclear how many people had been on board the boat.
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