Iranian authorities ordered the evacuation of scores of villages on Tuesday as t...
DUBAI/GENEVA - Iranian authorities ordered the evacuation of scores of villages on Tuesday as the impact of severe flooding spread further across the country, while Washington denied Tehran’s claim that U.S. sanctions were slowing aid efforts.
State television said armed forces had stepped up relief efforts, airing footage of military and Red Crescent helicopters taking part in rescue operations. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that U.S. sanctions - reimposed after Washington quit a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers - were impeding aid efforts to all affected communities.
“The regime blames outside entities when, in fact, it is their mismanagement that has led to this disaster,” Pompeo said in a statement. Iranian media said on Tuesday that electricity and telecommunications had been cut in affected areas, roads had been washed away and people were waiting on rooftops to be rescued in some villages.
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