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Torrential rains over the weekend triggered flash floods and landslides across at least 11 provinces in Iran, leaving a trail of destruction, with two people reported missing and hundreds of villages affected. Despite warnings from meteorological agencies, regime officials failed to take timely preventive measures, leading to blocked roads, submerged homes, and damaged infrastructure.
According to state-run media, floods impacted the provinces of Isfahan, Ilam, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Khuzestan, Fars, Qazvin, Lorestan, Kermanshah, Gilan, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad. The regime’s Interior Ministry has yet to release a comprehensive damage assessment or fatality count.
In Gilan Province, landslides and rising floodwaters led to the closure of over 200 rural roads in Siahkal and Rudsar, the collapse of two bridges in Ashkorat and Rahimabad, and the disappearance of two individuals after a car was swept into the river.
In Rudsar’s upper Ashkorat region, local sources say 25 villages were cut off by rising waters. A 70-ton boulder fell onto the Rostamabad–Rudbar road, blocking traffic completely.
ILNA, a state-run news agency, reported that “the river swallowed the Rahimabad–Ashkorat road.”
In Kermanshah’s Sar Firouzabad village, local officials acknowledged that floods damaged 23 homes, 12 livestock farms, and 250 hectares of wheat and barley fields. In Ilam’s Halilan, flooding severed water pipelines, cutting access to drinking water for 2,000 families.
In Khuzestan’s Izeh and Zanjan’s Abhar County, floodwaters swamped streets and disrupted daily life. Local footage shared on social media showed overwhelmed drainage systems and stranded residents.
Despite extensive coverage of rescue efforts in state media, local residents and independent observers have criticized the regime for neglecting infrastructure upgrades and failing to heed warnings about flood-prone regions. The repeated devastation in vulnerable areas has reignited public anger over the clerical regime’s mismanagement and corruption in emergency preparedness and urban planning.
Currently, many areas remain inaccessible, and the real extent of the disaster remains unclear amid restricted reporting and a lack of transparent updates from state authorities.