Breaking News: Iran orders evacuation of Isfahan, near nuke site

[Axeman]

Developing story. Will update OP. Feel free to PM me if I miss anything.

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=298324

http://freebeacon.com/iran-to-citizens-flee-isfahan/

http://www.dailypaul.com/268423/wash...ahan-nuke-site

http://beforeitsnews.com/iran/2013/0...n-2435982.html

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/01/02...lant-reported/

I know the information right now is brief, but we do know that Iranian authorities have ordered the evacuation of Isfahan, a city of ~ 4 million people. That is not something which is done lightly and not something to be ignored.

[hellheaven1987]

Time for conspiracy theory starts, I would offer a few first:

1. Israel finally did it.

2. NATO did it.

3. Sunni Muslims did it.

Pick one and let the flame war starts!!!!

[♖The Balkan Sobranie♖]

Time for conspiracy theory starts, I would offer a few first:

1. Israel finally did it.

2. NATO did it.

3. Sunni Muslims did it.

Pick one and let the flame war starts!!!!

Don't forget number 4.

4. The Lizard people did it.

[Turkeys!]

I'd need better sources to believe it to be honest.

[Axeman]

I'd need better sources to believe it to be honest.

Here is the Iranian state media :

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107125648

They do not deny evacuating the city, but say it is not because of Uranium.

[Garbarsardar]

Here is the Iranian state media :

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107125648

They do not deny evacuating the city, but say it is not because of Uranium.

This is from December 9 2012. Are you seriously trying to have fun with us?

[Garbarsardar]

And a similar story has just been pulled from the algemeiner: http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/01/02...lant-reported/

Here is a less confused account:

Iranian authorities on Jan. 2 advised the 1.5 million residents of Isfahan to leave the city if they can because air pollution has reached emergency levels. (BBC Radio, Jan. 2) Tehran's Air Quality Control Company also warned Jan. 2 that air pollution in the capital has also reached alarming levels, and ordered elementary schools and daycare centers closed in the city due to heavy smog. (Mehr News Agency, Jan. 1) Early last month, Tehran residents were likewise urged by authorities to lave the city in response to "dangerous" smog levels, blamed on nearly incessant bumper-to-bumper traffic. Similar edicts were issued for Isfahan and Arak. Schools were also ordered closed, and a cabinet meeting in the capital cancelled. Hospital admissions during the smog alert jumped by 15%, primarily due to people suffering headaches, respiratory problems and nausea. (AAP, Dec. 6; IBT, Dec. 5; AFP, Dec. 3)

The Isfahan evacuation advisory sparked speculation that the move was really ordered due to a mishap at the city's Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF). Last month, Iranian authorities denied foreign media reports about claims of a radiation leak at the UCF. "The rumors about leaking and contamination at Isfahan's UCF are not true at all; some western media are just seeking to create tumult in the society through such moves," said provincial deputy governor-general for security affairs Mohammad Mehdi Esmayeeli. (Free Beacon, Jan. 2; Fars News Agency, Dec. 9)
http://www.ww4report.com/node/11848

[Axeman]

And a similar story has just been pulled from the algemeiner: http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/01/02...lant-reported/

Here is a less confused account:

I will put your link in the OP.

I also took down the other Fars link. I misread the context and being blind in one eye + spotty English means I can overlook the most basic things sometimes.

[Garbarsardar]

Right now this hasn't hit the BBC and this is still a developing story. I will update the OP with links as they become available. Feel free to PM me if I forget.

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=298324

http://freebeacon.com/iran-to-citizens-flee-isfahan/

http://www.dailypaul.com/268423/wash...ahan-nuke-site

http://beforeitsnews.com/iran/2013/0...n-2435982.html


I know the information right now is brief, but we do know that Iranian authorities have ordered the evacuation of Isfahan, a city of ~ 4 million people. That is not something which is done lightly and not something to be ignored.

The first two links report BBC as a source. You claim that it "hasn't hit the BBC" (?) which of course has nothing on it.

The third link refers the first link as a source.

The fourth link mentions The Guardian which has nothing on it.

At this point, it looks more like a prank. I trust you are not part of it, right?

[Col. Tartleton]

Happy New Years Iranistan. Boom!

[boofhead]

It's been mentioned on the BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today...00/9781575.stm

See 0850

[Jom]

It's been mentioned on the BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today...00/9781575.stm

See 0850

That doesn't justify anything that's been claimed in the OP:

Iranian authorities have advised the one and a half million people who live in Isfahan to leave the city if they can because pollution has now reached emergency levels. The same thing happened in the capital Tehran earlier this week. Kasra Naji works for the BBC's Persian TV service in London.

"Advised", not "ordered", and the same measure was taken in Tehran, which is nowhere near Iran's nuclear site.

[boofhead]

That doesn't justify anything that's been claimed in the OP:

Never said it did, I answered a guy who was talking about sources.

Who knows? Let's wait and see.

[Ketnix]

Nothing on AJE. But in the case of it being real? I choose you Israel!

[Menelik_I]

Nothing on AJE. But in the case of it being real? I choose you Israel!

That is lame, we all know it is Lizard Jews who did it !

[Ketnix]

That is lame, we all know it is Lizard Jews who did it !

The Reds have to be involved! The plot thickens.

[RedGuard]

i didn't even know there was a plot

[NRohirrim]

I didn't hear antyhing about it. No need to panic folks. Let's wait for some more official news. But I guess that's only another jewish anti-irani propaganda.

[Diglytron]

Seems like a prank to me.

[NRohirrim]

I know the information right now is brief, but we do know that Iranian authorities have ordered the evacuation of Isfahan, a city of ~ 4 million people.

3.8 million people live in Isfahan and whole Isfahan metropolitan area

Anyway, last news I know about Isfahan is:
http://www.landiran.com/news/preside...cts-in-isfahan

Isfahan, Dec 4, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated the country's two largest and most developed industrial projects in the central province of Isfahan on Tuesday.
Sponge iron and oxygen production units are the two major projects opened by the Iranian President this morning. The sponge iron production unit is the second related factory in the country which can produce 1.5 million tons of sponge iron a year. The oxygen production unit has the annual capable of producing 20,000 cubic meters of oxygen.