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Flash floods kill at least 22 people in southern Iran

Rescue workers search near a river bank after flooding in Estahban county in southern Iran [Iranian Red Crescent/AFP]

Flooding in southern Iran has killed at least 22 people and left one person missing following heavy rainfall in the largely arid country, a local official has said.

Officials of the local Red Crescent Society aid group on Saturday confirmed the deaths, adding that 150 emergency responders and an aerial unit are working at the scene at the town of Estahban, 174km (108 miles) east of the provincial capital, Shiraz.

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