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A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in northwestern Tehran killed six people today and 14 others are still missing, BTA reported, citing Iranian state media.

State television reported that heavy rainfall in the early hours of the day caused flooding and then landslides in a neighborhood at the foot of Mount Alborz.

In 2015, a flash flood in the same region killed at least 14 people.

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Rescue teams have arrived at the scene and nine injuries are reported.

A religious shrine was also damaged.

State news agency IRNA reported that rescue operations were still ongoing and rescuers were trying to find at least 14 more people missing after the landslide.

The agency added that 18 out of all 31 provinces in Iran have been affected by floods so far.

Meanwhile, the semi-official ISNA news agency said flash floods killed five people in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan and one person died in the city of Rudehen east of Tehran.

Before today's landslide, authorities had warned residents of Tehran's mountainous areas of impending heavy rainfall and the possibility of flooding.

Heavy rain is also expected later today.

Flash floods in the drought-stricken Fars province in southern Iran have killed at least 21 people and damaged a dozen villages in the province this Saturday.

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