The death toll from major floods swamping much of Iran over the past 15 days rises to 62, the head of the Iranian Legal Medicine Organisation tells local media
This picture shows a general view of the flooded city of Poldokhtar in the Lorestan province, on April 02, 2019.
The western province of Lorestan and the northern province of Golestan followed with 14 and 8 dead respectively, he said.Iran has been hit by flooding across most of the country since March.
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