A two-day national holiday is due to start tomorrow as the health ministry put hospitals on high alert and warned the vulnerable to stay indoors. This year has already seen heat records broken across the world, with devastating consequences.
Iran has announced a nationwide shutdown due to "unprecedented heat".
A two-day national holiday will start tomorrow with governmental offices, banks a,nd schools all closing.
The health ministry said hospitals will be on high alert, as it warned the elderly and people with health conditions to stay indoors.
Many cities and towns across Iran have sweltered for days in heat as high as 40C (104F), with the mercury rising to 50C (122F) in the southwest city of Ahvaz.
The city also registered Iran's hottest-ever temperature in 2022 of 53C (128F).
This year has already seen heat records broken across the globe, with devastating consequences.