Iran Will Close Government Offices, Banks And Schools For 2 Days Over High Temperatures
Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletterto get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran announced a nationwide two-day holiday because of increasing temperatures, state media reported Tuesday. Government spokesperson Ali Bahadori Jahromi said the decision to close governmental offices, banks and schools on Wednesday and Thursday came after the health ministry warned about a possible increase in cases of heat exhaustion because of high temperatures, the official IRNA news agency reported....