Snow in Mazandaran. Source: Mehr News Agency. Photographer: Pejman Marzi.
500,000 people are reportedly trapped in villages without electricity, gas or water [1] after a massive snow storm this weekend in Iran's northern provinces, Gilan [2] and Mazandaran [3].
One local official called it the heaviest snowfall in 50 years [4]. Thousands have been rescued and taken to emergency shelters or hospitalized.
ZA1-1RA tweeted [5]:
من ازین باباتم خیالم از خونواده جمه که می دونم اندازه چن ماه برنج دارن #برف [6] #شمال [7] :|
— ZA1-1RA (@zara_esm) February 3, 2014 [8]
I do not worry about my family, they have rice in reserve for months.
Farshad Faryabi tweeted [9]:
فکر کنم #وزیرخارجه [10] #سوئد [11] برنگرده از ایران چون الان #برف [6] و سرما تو #ایران [12] بیشتر از سوئد شده :)
— Farshid Faryabi (@F_Faryabi) February 3, 2014 [13]
Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Blidt, [who is on a trip in Iran] won't go back to Sweden now because there is more snow in Iran.
Soheila Sadegh tweeted [14]:
به علت بارش برف در شرق #گيلان [15]، یک مدرسه ابتدایی بدلیل فرسودگی تخریب شد #آموزش‌پرورش [16] #مدارس [17] #دانش‌آموز [18] #معلم [19] #مازندران [20] #رشت [21] #گرگان [22] #اردبيل [23]
— soheila sadegh (@Soheila_Sadegh) February 3, 2014 [24]
A school was destroyed in Gilan under heavy snow.
Maysam Bizar tweeted [25]:
شهروند #مازندرانی [26]: بخاطر #برف [6] 6 عدد آب معدنی کوچک 3 هزار تومانی را خریدیم 12 هزار تومان. خودمون به خودمون رحم نمیکنیم از دشمن انتظار داریم؟
— Maysam Bizar (@M_Bizar) February 3, 2014 [27]
The price for bottled water rose four times during snowing days. If we do not have pity for ourselves, what we do we expect of enemies?
Mozdeh A tweeted [28]:
هر چی برا بقیه دنیا نعمته واسه ایرانی جماعت نکبته #برف [6]
— mozhdeh A (@MozhdehT) February 3, 2014 [29]
What is a blessing for others, is a curse for us.
Saham Borghani shared [30] a photo last month (January 10) of tea and snow.
#برف [6] و #چای [31] pic.twitter.com/6phbpubCjJ [32]
— saham Boorghani (@sahamedin) January 10, 2014 [33]