🔸 Environmental activists report that a large portion of valuable Zagros oak trees has been burned following the continuation of wildfires in the forests of Nurabad Mamasani.

🔸 Arash Nikkhoo, who identifies himself as the “responsible person of the environmental public group Siyavash Unit,” wrote on his X account, referring to eight days of widespread fires in the forests of Nurabad Mamasani: “According to speculations, at least 5,000 hectares of the forests in the area were burned in the fire.”

🔸 According to reports by Iranian media, the fire in the forested area of Mâhoor Mīlātī in Mamasani County, “despite round-the-clock efforts by rescue forces and the people” and after three stages of containment, still

🔸 Cyrus Garjizadeh, the district administrator of Mâhoor Mīlātī in Mamasani County, said on Friday, 20 Shahrivar, while referring to efforts to contain the fire in the heights of the area: “A request for a helicopter was also made, but it was not approved.”

🔸 Reports indicate that despite three stages of containing the fire, “strong winds” caused the flames to flare up again.

🔸 The Zagros forests, which cover 11 provinces of the country, begin in West Azerbaijan and extend as far as Firuzabad in Fars.