The authorities named the number of injured Tajiks in Iran

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

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.

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.

For Sputnik Tajikistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan commented on the situation with the well-being of citizens in Iran.

"According to our information, not a single citizen of the republic was injured," the Foreign Ministry said.

In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan separately emphasized the absence of people's appeals on this issue to the representation.

The number of victims of sandstorms in Iran continues to grow

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