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| Identifier: | 05YEREVAN1905 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 05YEREVAN1905 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Yerevan |
| Created: | 2005-10-26 11:54:00 |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY |
| Tags: | TBIO KSCA ECON PREL SOCI IR AM EARG WHO |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS YEREVAN 001905 SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TBIO, KSCA, ECON, PREL, SOCI, IR, AM, EARG, WHO SUBJECT: MASS BIRD DEATHS REPORTED IN NORTHERN IRAN REF: YEREVAN 1856 Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. (SBU) On October 26, a local Armenian newspaper, citing the Iranian Students' News Agency, reported that 5,000 migratory birds died near the Armenian-Iranian border in the Atrpatakan province of Iran. The Iranian name for this area is West Azerbaijan. According to the press coverage, birds in the Atrpatakan region are dying at a rate of 70 per day. On October 12, the World Organization for Animal Health (French acronym OIE) reported that approximately 3,673 birds had died in West Azerbaijan. It is not clear whether the Armenian press coverage refers to the original OIE-reported deaths or a second wave of bird deaths. According to an October 26 article on the Tehran Times website, Tehran-based World Health Organization Representative Dr. Mobasher Riyadh Sheikh said there have been no observed cases of bird flu in Iran. He also said the dead birds from the West Azerbaijan province tested negative for the H5N1 virus. EVANS
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