Floods in Iran leave at least 53 dead. Rescue operations underway

Rescuers searched for missing persons in Iran on Friday after landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains left at least 53 people dead, officials said.

State media said at least eight people died on Thursday in a landslide caused by floods in the village of Imamzadeh Davood northwest of Tehran, which also damaged a religious shrine there.

As many as 14 people were reported missing.

Last week, 22 people died in flash floods in the southern Fars province.

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