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31 Dec 1998

Afghanistan + 1 other
Afghan refugees in Iran: The needs of women and children

Report
— Forced Migration Review, University of Oxford
by Catherine Squire and Negar Gerami
Since at least the 1970s Afghans have been coming to Iran, some in search of work, others to seek protection. The political dominance by the Taliban since 1995 has been a significant factor in the acceleration in the flow of refugees.

Refugees who came in the 1980s were given 'green cards' which entitled them to live and work in Iran, and to benefit from schooling and health care. In the early 1990s the government's policy towards refugees changed in the face of the worsening domestic economic

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04 Nov 1998

Afghanistan + 1 other
Taliban asks UN to stop Iran from expelling Afghan refugees: report

Report
— Agence France-Presse
ISLAMABAD, Nov 4 (AFP) - The Taliban on Wednesday called on the United Nations to persuade Iran not to expel hundreds of thousands of illegal Afghan refugees, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported.

"The UN should take immediate notice of Iran's move," the Pakistan-based private information service quoted a Taliban spokesman as saying.

The expulsion will lead to "tragic" results as the Afghan government lacks the necessary resources to rehabiliate the refugees, the spokesman, Wakil Ahmad, told AIP from Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.

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02 Nov 1998

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran ends manoeuvres on Afghan border

Report
— Agence France-Presse
TEHRAN, Nov 2 (AFP) - Iran held the final phase of much-publicised military manoeuvres on the Afghan border on Monday and said it would keep troops in the highly sensitive area to combat drug smuggling and "maintain security."

The manoeuvres, which officials said involved an unprecedented 200,000 men from the army, air force and marines, ended at noon on Monday with intensive aerial and artillery bombardments of "mock enemy targets."

Jet fighters, helicopters and tanks, many dating from the former US-equipped Imperial Iranian Army, took part

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21 Oct 1998

Afghanistan + 1 other
Afghanistan/Iran: ICRC repatriates Iranian prisoners

Report
— ICRC
Twenty-six Iranian prisoners released in Kandahar by the Taliban were repatriated on 17 and 18 October. After ICRC delegates had interviewed them in private in order to ascertain that they wished to return to Iran, they were flown to Tehran aboard two aircraft, one made available by the ICRC and the other by the United Nations. The Iranians' release resulted from direct negotiations between United Nations special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and the supreme leader of the Taliban, Mullah Omar.
An ICRC plane had taken ten other Iranians,
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19 Oct 1998

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN envoy hopes to ease Iran-Taliban tension

Report
— Agence France-Presse
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (AFP) - UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Monday expressed optimism about easing Iran-Taliban tensions after the release of Iranian prisoners but admitted he had made no progress in Afghanistan's civil war.

"This part of the job (the release of Iranian prisoners) is behind us but there is no peace in Afghanistan," he told a news conference at the end of his latest tour of the region.

The militia which controls most of Afghanistan released 25 Iranians last week after Brahimi met its supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar at the Taliban headquarters in Kandahar.

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15 Oct 1998

Afghanistan + 1 other
Tensions between Afghanistan and Iran ease after prisoner release

Report
— Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Tensions between Iran and Afghanistan have eased after both sides promised to swap prisoners.

A senior official of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban says the agreement followed four hours of talks, mediated by the United Nations.

The agreement will also see both sides meeting again in Saudi Arabia to normalise relations, which have sharply deteriorated in recent months.

No date has been set for the prisoner exchange.

=A9 1998 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Thu Oct 15 04:45:00 1998 ( AEST )
AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time

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12 Oct 1998

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran - Floods, OCHA Situation Report No.1

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: OCHA/GVA - 98/0328
General situation

1. Heavy rainfall of between 100-200 mmonThursday and Friday 8 - 9 October, has led to death, injury and considerable physical damage in the Caspian Provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran. According to the Disaster Task Force of the Ministry of the Interior, flooding is reported in the shahristans (counties) of Rasht, Foman, Astane, Langarood, Roodbar, Rezvanshahr, Roodsar, Shaft, Somesara, Talesh, Masal and Astara in Gilan Province and in the shahristans of Tonekabon, Ramsar, Chaloos, Noshahr, Amol and Babol in Mazandaran Province.

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30 Sep 1998

Afghanistan + 1 other
Iran Split Over How to Punish Afghans

Report
— Christian Science Monitor
Military flexes along border. Power struggle back in Tehran may determine next move.

MASHHAD, IRAN - Iran continues to amass its military forces along this tense border with Afghanistan. Whether its troops cross over may ultimately depend on who wins a power struggle back in the capital, Tehran.

Iranian options range from armed attack to diplomatic persuasion, but few offer the solace or revenge that many Iranians expect, diplomats and analysts say. And Iran's internal battles between reformist and conservative clerics may dictate events.

The Islamic republic is at odds with

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20 Sep 1998

Afghanistan + 2 others
Sudan to Mediate Between Iran, Taliban

Report
— Xinhua
KHARTOUM (Sept. 20) XINHUA - Sudan has offered to mediate between Iran and the Afghan Taliban militia in an effort to prevent their crisis from developing into military confrontation.

The press adviser of the Sudanese president, Al Sadeq Bakheit said Sunday that the idea of Sudanese mediation has emerged as an attempt to bring about rapprochement.

The Sudan will send within two days two delegations, an official one to Tehran and another non-official one to Kabul. They will carry letters to Iranian and Taliban leaders, appealing

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24 Apr 1998

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 2

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref. OCHAGVA - 98/0191
Situation

1. According to the final report by the Disaster Task Force of the Ministry of Interior, nine provinces were affected by the floods which hit Iran in late March/early April 1998: Khuzistan, Charmahal and Bakhtiari, Boirahmad and Kohkiluye, Isfahan, Luristan, Khorasan, Mazandaran, Hum and Kurdistan.

2. 84 lives were lost, mostly by landslides. A total of 62 cities and 188 villages were affected. A total of 3,200 houses in cities and 8,000 houses in rural areas were damaged between 20 - 80 per cent. The agriculture

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11 Apr 1998

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Islamic Republic of Iran - Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No.1

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Situation
1. According to UNDP/OCHA Resident Representative in Iran, at 19.23 local time (15;53 GMT) on Friday 10 April 1998 an earthquake measuring 5.9 at the Richter scale hit the area around Birjand city in eastern Iran. The earthquake was felt in Ghaen to the North of Birjand. The epicentre is reported to be Sarbisheh located at 32,6 N and 59,8 E. The areas impacted were seriously damaged by a major earthquake in May 1997.

2. According to the National Disaster Task Force of the Ministry of Interior, the reports from the area indicated that at least ten people

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08 Apr 1998

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran flood toll hits 81; rail to Turkmenistan cut

Report
— Reuters - AlertNet
TEHRAN, April 8 (Reuters) - The death toll in a week of flooding in central and southern Iran has risen to 81, Tehran radio said on Wednesday.

It said the floods, caused by some of the heaviest rains in the past 30 years, also injured 45 people, damaged farmland and more than 19,000 homes and killed 5,000 heads of cattle.

The casualties included some 55 people killed in a village destroyed by a landslide.

Heavy rains in the northeast caused the Tajan river, on the border with Turkmenistan, to overflow and destroy bridges

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06 Apr 1998

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 1

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: OCHAGVA - 98/0183
Situation

1. Following heavy rainfall in the past few days, the rivers in the provinces of Khusiztan, Buristan, Charmahal-e-Bakhtiari, Gilan, Kurdistan and Kermanshah have broken their banks causing heavy damage to infrastructure, farmland and residential and commercial areas.

2. According to the National Disaster Task Force of the Ministry of Interior, the rivers of Kharkha, Karun and Jarahi in Khuzistan have inundated areas around the cities of Ahwas, Shushtar, Shadgan, Dasht Azadegan, Khoramshahr, Mahshahr, Ramhormoz, Behbahan, Izch,

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15 Mar 1998

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran - Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 1

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: OCHA/GVA - 98/0171
1. The UN Resident Coordinator in Iran informs that an earthquake measuring 6.4 at the Richter scale impacted provinces of Yazd, Kerman, and Hormozgan at hours 23:12 local time (19:42 GMT) on 14 March 1998. The epicenter is Golbaft, a small city of 12,000 people to the southeast of Kerman - 950 km southeast of Tehran. (The US Geological Survey reported that the quake measured 6.9 on the Richter scale and had its epicenter about 35 miles east-southeast of Kerman.)

2. According to the Disaster Task Force

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07 Jan 1998

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran Earthquake Situation Report No. 3 (final)

Report
— IFRC
The relief operation ended on 1 November, although at the year's end occasional relief parcels were still being distributed to some of the worst-off. The operation assisted nearly 80,000 people instead of the 60,000 originally foreseen in the appeal and lasted longer than planned because of continuing needs. Assistance comprised monthly food parcels, shelter and household items.
appeal no. 07/97
period covered: 28 February - 1 November 1997

7 January 1998 IRAN: EARTHQUAKE

The Disaster

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter

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06 Jan 1998

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Situation Report No. 7 (final)

Report
— IFRC
appeal no. 10/97
The operation for 60,000 Khorasan earthquake victims supported by a Federation appeal was carried out as scheduled and has now been concluded, although the Iranian Red Crescent Society is continuing to provide assistance to those not yet rehoused. The Federation and a group of National Societies are now studying rehabilitation projects.

The Disaster

The worst earthquake to hit Iran since 1990 struck Khorasan province in the east of the country just after midday local time on Saturday, 10 May 1997. The epicentre was located 530 kilometres

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