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Flooding Kills Seven in Southern Iran

FILE: An Iranian woman walks through a flooded road on January 13, 2020 in the village of Dashtiari in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan region, as severe downpour led to floods across region, blocking roads and damaging homes. (File/AFP)
FILE: An Iranian woman walks through a flooded road on January 13, 2020 in the village of Dashtiari in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan region, as severe downpour led to floods across region, blocking roads and damaging homes. (File/AFP)
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Flooding Kills Seven in Southern Iran

FILE: An Iranian woman walks through a flooded road on January 13, 2020 in the village of Dashtiari in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan region, as severe downpour led to floods across region, blocking roads and damaging homes. (File/AFP)
FILE: An Iranian woman walks through a flooded road on January 13, 2020 in the village of Dashtiari in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan region, as severe downpour led to floods across region, blocking roads and damaging homes. (File/AFP)

Seven people died as floods hit the southern Iranian provinces of Bushehr and Hormozgan during the last few days.

Mehdi Valipour, head of the Red Crescent Society for Rescue and Relief, announced that 318 rescuers in 76 operational teams helped flood victims in 41 cities, villages, and nomadic areas, IRNA reported.

Six provinces of Isfahan, Bushehr, Tehran, Fars, Hormozgan, and Yazd have been affected by flooding, he added.

Also, 1,202 flood victims were rescued, 42 of whom were accommodated in temporary shelters in rescue stations, schools, and mosques.

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Polish Government Adopts Resolution Protecting Netanyahu from Arrest

Israeli Prime Minister and Chairman of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, makes an address. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa
Israeli Prime Minister and Chairman of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, makes an address. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa
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Polish Government Adopts Resolution Protecting Netanyahu from Arrest

Israeli Prime Minister and Chairman of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, makes an address. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa
Israeli Prime Minister and Chairman of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, makes an address. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

The Polish government adopted a resolution on Thursday vowing to ensure the free and safe participation of the highest representatives of Israel — including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who choose to attend commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau later this month.
Netanyahu became an internationally wanted suspect last year after the International Criminal Court, the world’s top war crimes court, issued an arrest warrant for him and others in connection with the war in Gaza, accusing them of crimes against humanity, The Associated Press said.
Member countries of the ICC, such as Poland, are required to detain suspects facing a warrant if they set foot on their soil, but the court has no way to enforce that. Israel is not a member of the ICC and disputes its jurisdiction.