{"id":211476,"date":"2019-12-23T17:17:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T17:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=211476"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:37:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:37:35","slug":"as-floods-hit-irans-cities-regime-officials-try-to-cover-up-their-inaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/as-floods-hit-irans-cities-regime-officials-try-to-cover-up-their-inaction\/","title":{"rendered":"As Floods Hit Iran\u2019s Cities, Regime Officials Try to Cover up Their Inaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran - Flood- People in Khuzistan province, particularly in Ahvaz, are surrounded by water and many were seen taking to their rooftops on Friday, December 20, 2019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/images\/stories\/2019\/December\/c\/Iran_-_Flood-_People_in_Khuzistan_province_particularly_in_Ahvaz_are_surrounded_by_water_and_many_were_seen_taking_to_their_rooftops_on_Friday_December_20_2019.jpg\" alt=\"As Floods Hit Iran\u2019s Cities, Regime Officials Try to Cover up Their Inaction \" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Iran &#8211; Flood- People in Khuzistan province, particularly in Ahvaz, are surrounded by water and many were seen taking to their rooftops on Friday, December 20, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recent seasonal rains in many southern provinces of Iran have created massive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/26180-iran-the-flood-is-over-but-the-unemployment-crisis-is-not\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">floods\u00a0<\/a>and rising water levels especially in the city of Ahvaz. State-run media outlets in Iran have so far reported\u00a0the\u00a0deaths of four women in\u00a0a\u00a0hospital\u00a0in\u00a0Ahvaz.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that people in\u00a0Khuzistan\u00a0province, particularly in Ahvaz, are surrounded by water and many were seen taking to their rooftops on Friday, December 20. During cold winter nights, many are forced to sleep in plastic tents. In addition, during the day locals, left without any help from the regime&#8217;s authorities, are desperate to find a way to rid their homes of the floodwaters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">December 16 &#8211; Heavy rains and floodwaters in Ahvaz and other cities of Khuzestan Province, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wUgkZEOoyN\">pic.twitter.com\/wUgkZEOoyN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1206818976551952385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The state-run IRNA news agency wired a report and cited the \u201cKhomeini Hospital\u201d chief saying:\u00a0\u201cFollowing recent rains and power outages in the hospital, four patients held in the intensive care unit of the hospital lost their lives. Despite the fact that energy power sources were available, it remains unclear why these people lost their lives.\u201d This is clear, yet failed attempt by Iran&#8217;s regime to whitewash its mismanagement which has led to this tragic event.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of providing answers and being held accountable over the death of four\u00a0women\u00a0held in the intensive care unit, the regime&#8217;s officials are more focused on keeping a lid on the true reason behind these four deaths.<\/p>\n<p>One of the locals said:\u00a0\u201cFrom 1997 to this day,\u00a0we are flooded each year. However, there is no one to provide any help for us. What are we to do? Please provide us some help.\u201d\u00a0A\u00a0mother says while weeping:\u00a0\u201cWe want authorities to come and at least fix the sewage system. Our children need bathrooms. What are we to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mrs.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/14237-maryam-rajavi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>,\u00a0the President-elect of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/our-resistance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>,\u00a0sent a message of sympathy and solidarity with the victims of\u00a0the\u00a0flood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy deepest sympathies go out to the people of Khuzestan, Fars, Bushehr, Mahshahr and other flood-hit regions, and to those who have lost their homes. My heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims. Iran\u2019s wealth is being plundered by the ruling mullahs and spent on terrorism, belligerence and anti-patriotic missile and nuclear programs, leaving our people defenseless in the face of natural disasters. The only way to end this pain and suffering and the calamities inflicted on the people of Iran is the overthrow of the clerical regime in its entirety and establishment of democracy and popular sovereignty,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My deepest sympathies go out to the people of Khuzestan, Fars, Bushehr, Mahshahr and other flood-hit regions, and to those who have lost their homes. My heart-felt condolences to the families of the victims <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1207008511676289024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/26180-iran-the-flood-is-over-but-the-unemployment-crisis-is-not\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flash floods<\/a>\u00a0overtook\u00a0several Iranian provinces,\u00a0including Golestan and Mazandaran provinces,\u00a0in March 2019. Simultaneous with the Iranian New Year celebrations, Golestan and Mazandaran provinces faced one of the worst floods in their history.<\/p>\n<p>The flood\u00a0earlier this year\u00a0started after two days of heavy rainfall. According to the regime&#8217;s statistics,\u00a0at least nine\u00a0people were killed, including\u00a0two\u00a0children. More than 10,000 houses were caught in the floods; 70 communicative roads were cut off, and 23,000 people were trapped in the floods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran &ndash; Flood- People in Khuzistan province, particularly in Ahvaz, are surrounded by water and many were seen taking to their rooftops on Friday, December 20, 2019 Recent seasonal rains [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[178],"class_list":{"0":"post-211476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-society","7":"tag-save"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>As Floods Hit Iran\u2019s Cities, Regime Officials Try to Cover up Their Inaction - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran - 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