IRNA -- Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi voiced Iran’s deep regret on landslide incident in Bangladesh.


Qasemi, on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, expressing deep sadness towards Bangladesh's landslides resulting in scores of dead and missing, sympathized with Bangladeshi government, people, and the families of the victims of the incident.

At least 147 people have been killed in Bangladesh and neighboring regions of northeast India after heavy rains triggered a series of landslides and flooded swaths of land over the past two days, officials say.

The densely-populated Bangladesh is battered by storms, floods, and landslides every rainy season. The latest casualties come weeks after Cyclone Mora killed at least seven people and damaged tens of thousands of homes in the country’s southeast.

Landslides hit three hilly districts in Bangladesh’s southeast early on Tuesday, killing 98 people in Rangamati, 32 in Chittagong, and six in Bandarban, said Reaz Ahmed, the head of the department of disaster management.

Many people are still missing and the death toll could rise further as rescuers search for bodies, Ahmed told Reuters. The death toll included four soldiers who were trapped by a landslide after they joined the rescue operation in Rangamati, he said.