“Seven Iraqi tourists have died as a result of flooding in northeastern Iran,” the IRNA news agency reported, explaining that “the tourists were among a group of 13 Iraqis visiting Iran who were driving along a road near the city of Mashhad, about 900 km . north of the capital Tehran when their car was swept away by a flash flood.

And she pointed out that “among the victims are five women and the driver of the Iranian group, and three Iraqis are still missing.”

About two million Iraqis are reported to visit Iran every year. Flooding in the province of Fars in southern Iran has killed at least 22 people and affected about 12 villages in the province. Authorities have warned of more heavy rains and the possibility of flooding. This week’s storm was the deadliest rain-related incident in Iran in a decade.

Flash flooding in the southern city of Shiraz killed at least 21 people in 2019, while a similar storm killed 48 people in northwestern Iran two years earlier.