Have citizens of Tajikistan suffered from dust storms in Iran? Foreign Ministry response

The situation with the health of citizens of Tajikistan in the Iranian province of Sistan and Balochistan was commented for Sputnik Tajikistan in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic

Sputnik Tajikistan wondered about the well-being of Tajik citizens in Iran due to prolonged dust storms.

This situation was commented on for us by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic.

It is noted that the affected citizens of another country must be reported on the state of health to the mission.

"None of the citizens of Tajikistan applied to the embassy because of the deterioration of their health due to a natural disaster in Iran," Sputnik Tajikistan was told at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the republic.

About a thousand people have been affected over the past three days as a result of a severe dust storm in the province of Sistan and Balochistan, located in southeastern Iran.

The number of victims of sandstorms in Iran continues to grow

This was stated by the head of the department of emergency prehospital medical care and the secretary of the crisis management department of the Medical University of Zabol, Mohammad Khalili.

On the eve of the head of the meteorological service of the province of Sistan and Balochistan Mohsen Heydari said that the maximum wind speed recorded in the city of Zabol was 104 km/h, in the city of Zahak - 85 km/h.

Iranian media have reported that these kinds of hurricanes have caused huge financial damage to the province's public transportation system in recent years.

source: tj.sputniknews.ru