At least 18 people were killed and around 100 others were injured in flash floods in Iran’s southern Fars province, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, with more rain forecast following days of devastating floods in the north. Damaged vehicles are seen after a flash flooding In Shiraz, Iran, Some 26 provinces out of 31 now have flood warnings due to torrential rain in a country more accustomed to drought. State TV said villages near rivers and dams in several provinces had been evacuated for fear of the rising water. Authorities have warned about the possibility of floods in the capital Tehran as well as in the oil-rich southern province of Khuzestan in the next 48 hours. Pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani’s hardline rivals have criticized his government for doing too little, too late to help. The hardline […]