{"id":14647,"date":"2026-06-08T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/08\/75-people-drowned-iran-waters-since-start-of-year\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:00:25","slug":"75-people-drowned-iran-waters-since-start-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/08\/75-people-drowned-iran-waters-since-start-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least 75 People Drowned in Waters Across Iran Since Start of Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The spokesperson for the Disaster Preparedness Department has reported that since the beginning of the current solar year in the month of Farvardin, at least 75 people have died due to drowning in various locations across the country, with three others injured.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Yousef Hamad, the spokesperson, stated on Monday that among the victims were 27 men, 7 women, and 41 children; statistics indicating that children account for the majority of the fatalities in these incidents.<\/p>\n<p>He added that no detailed information on the exact locations of these incidents has been released; however, these accidents have occurred as warmer weather leads to increased water activities and recreation along seas, canals, dams, and other water sources.<\/p>\n<p>The Disaster Preparedness Department has urged citizens to take safety guidelines seriously when going near water bodies, especially during the hot season, to protect themselves and their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the start of the year, 75 people including 41 children have drowned in waters across Iran amid rising temperatures and increased recreational activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}