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Chaos in Tehran after heavy snowfalls, government closes offices
Jan 6, 2008, 16:54 GMT
Tehran - Heavy snowfalls and temperatures reaching more than ten degrees below zero caused chaos in Tehran on Sunday forcing the Iranian administration to close down all government offices for the next two days.
In a statement carried by the website of state television network IRIB the government said all schools and universities would also be closed on Monday and Tuesday as weather forecasts said the heavy snowfalls and minus temperatures were to continue.
The closure would however not include presidential and ministerial offices, banks and medical centres.
The heavy snowfalls had led to chaotic situations on Tehran streets on Sunday, causing several traffic accidents and disruptions of public transport.
All foreign and local flights at the two airports of IKA and Mehrabad were cancelled, both from and to Tehran. According to the latest reports, flights might resume at 0900 (0530 GMT) Monday.
The cold season in Tehran, including heavy snowfalls, usually starts in mid-December and lasts until the end of February. But the meteorological office has called the current situation and the forecasts for the next 48 hours 'unprecedented.'
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'They are doing a pretty good job killing innocents i Gaza and the rest of the palestine.'
The subject was Iran. You know, the country that chops off hands, lynches 16 year old girls for the 'crime' of being raped. Lynches teenage boys for the 'crime' of being homosexual. Buries people waste deep in the dirt and throws stones at their skulls until they split open for the 'crime' of 'infidelity'.
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Is that somehow Israels fault?
I still have a name and you can call me Iranian but who are you if I may ask. You call me cowardly without knowing me. You talk the talk but do you walk the walk? I say you're a zionist spreading hate and your comments has nothing to do with human rights except your hate for Iran and that's my point. The one who burn for such questions should burn for all crimes against humanity. You miss the point just because you're too busy protecting zionists. It has nothing to do with human rights. Now, You call me cowardly and I'm prepare to meet you face to face but you will run with your tail between your legs. You know why? Because then we would be equal and I would not be like that kid with stone in hands and you with a gun. You would run for your life. Do not understimate people you don't know, but then again I don't expect much from you.
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Ill bet the centrifuges are still spinning.Jan 6th, 2008 - 18:56:42
The Iranian government closes offices! Who will do the lynching and stoning?
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