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Weburger says[Fa] that a sand storm in Khuzestan province has created a lot of health problems for people on Thursday. The blogger adds government has refused to create a green belt in the area “because of security issues”.Weburger says we are human beings, we need air! Watch a photo of this event here.

Posted by Hamid Tehrani

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