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#international-assistance

Around 20 suspected victims had made themselves known after she urged potential victims to speak up in February. Some were already known to investigators, she told the RTL broadcaster. "But we also had new victims come forward, ones we didn't know at all. There are around ten of them," she added. "The choice we've made for the time being is to listen to these victims," she said.

Iran has urgently requested international assistance to combat a devastating wildfire that has been raging for nearly three weeks in the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, which have been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019. The blaze, which began near the village of Elit in Mazandaran Province on October 31, has defied containment efforts and continues to threaten one of the world's oldest and most biodiverse ecosystems.