2023-08-02 01:00:50
Due to a historic heat wave in Iran, with temperature records above the ordinary compared to previous years, the Government decreed that this Wednesday and Thursday, as holidays. It was also requested that people try to stay in their homes,
Many cities in southern Iran have already experienced exceptionally hot days. State media reported that temperatures had exceeded 51 degrees Celsius this week in the southern city of Ahvaz.
Government spokesman Ali Bahadori-Jahromi said, according to state media, that Wednesday and Thursday would be public holidays, while the Health Ministry said hospitals would be on high alert.
Temperatures are expected to reach 39 degrees in Tehran on Wednesday, a Archyde.com news agency said.
Heat waves have affected much of the planet in recent weeks, and scientists have linked them to human-induced climate change.
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