Iran/Iraq Border – On Sunday, January 29, 2017 a group of smugglers were caught in an avalanche in the mountains along the Iran/Iraq border near the Sardasht district in the West Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran.
According to TheBaghdadPost.com two Iranian smugglers were killed in the avalanche. Other individuals are still missing under the snow.
BasNews.com states that 3 Iranian Kurdish porters have been found buried in snow in the mountainous area between Iran and Kurdistan. They report that 13 people were injured in this slide. This articles states that the Iranian border guards regards these porters as smugglers.
Multiple reports state then 4 individuals were killed in this incident.
According to Rudaw,net, another avalanche is being reported on Friday that killed two near Mount Wasna near QulQula. Rojikurd.net reports that four Kurdish Mountaineers were killed on Saturday in Qul Qula near the city of Saqqez in northwest Iran.
It is unclear how many avalanche accidents have occurred in this region as limited details are available. There could be errors in the above information. We will try to update this post if more information becomes available.
The following video of the rescue was posted by Iranian TVChanel on YouTube and featured on Saraneh.com:
Read more about the avalanche on the Iran/Iraq border from the following sources:
- TheBaghdadPost.com
- BasNews.com
- Saraneh.com
- SotalIraq.com
- Haqqin.az
- AZ.AZVision.az
- Sputniknews.com
- Axar.az
- AZMedia.info
Information in this post was found using Google Translate. There may be errors in this information. Please use the sources listed above to verify all facts.
