Ahvaz - (IP) - With increasing water level in the Karun River, some areas were drowned in the city of Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, southwest of Iran.

Iran Press/Iran news: The waters of the Karun River have entered some of the neighborhoods and streets of Ahvaz city since Sunday evening.

Ahvaz road to Abadan is also closed due to floods.

A bridge at the entrance of Ahvaz has also been submerged and the Ahvaz-Andimeshk transit road has been cut off.

Meanwhile, Iran's Interior Minister Abdol Reza Rahmani Fazli arrived in Khuzestan province on Monday and visited some flood-hit areas.

IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Ghasem Soleimani visited the flood-hit Khuzestan province with a group of officials responsible for the Arbaeen pilgrimage. 

Soleimani urged the youth to help the people of the Khuzestan province.104/213

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