TEHRAN, Dec 27 (NNN-IRNA) – The death toll of climbers rose to ten, after heavy snowfall in the northern heights of the Iranian capital, Tehran, Mehdi Valipour, head of the Red Crescent Rescue and Relief Organisation of Iran, announced.
The search operation for other missing climbers is currently stopped, due to unfavourable weather conditions, Valipour was quoted as saying.
He said that some missing people have been rescued by Red Crescent rescuers, but he did not specify the exact number.
According to the local media, the accident was caused by the fall of heavy snow, and subsequent avalanche, in the heights of Tehran, over the past two days.– NNN-IRNA
