Impacts of the War on People's Lives and Vulnerable Groups Documented

Head of the Natural Disasters Research Institute said: In the Ramadan War photo contest, beyond physical destruction, the war's impacts on people's lives and vulnerable groups were documented across psychological, social, economic and cultural dimensions.

The head of the Natural Disasters Research Institute said: In the photo competition of the Ramadan war, in addition to the physical destruction, the consequences of the war on the lives of people and vulnerable groups were documented in psychological, social, economic and cultural dimensions.

According to Mehr reporter, Seyedamir Hossein Gerkani, the head of the Natural Disaster Research Institute, at the unveiling ceremony of the photo book and film of the Third Imposed War entitled "Standing for Iran", referring to the process of holding photo competitions of accidents and accidents, stated: Photo competitions of accidents and accidents started in 2009. The focus of the first and second rounds were rural houses, but from the third round onwards, the focus was on natural hazards such as floods, earthquakes, landslides, and geological and meteorological hazards.

He added: Last year, due to the occurrence of the 12-day war, the Natural Disaster Research Institute decided to represent this event through the language of images. Because the 12-day war was a human and social crisis that left various effects and consequences on the society in physical and economic dimensions as well as psychological, social and cultural fields.

The head of the Natural Disasters Research Institute continued: The 6th photo competition was dedicated to the topic of Ramadan war and we tried to cover the different aspects of this event. In this competition, not only the physical destruction was discussed, but the consequences of war on people's lives and the situation of vulnerable groups were also considered, and we tried to cover all aspects of this event.

He reminded: In continuation of the sixth competition and considering the occurrence of the Ramadan war, the institute once again put a photo competition centered on this war on the agenda. Accordingly, the call was published and we again invited photographers to participate in this event.

Referring to the significant increase in works received during this competition, Gerkani said: During the 12-day war, we received about 2,000 to 2,500 photos, but in this competition, we received about 13,500 photos from photographers, which shows a significant increase in submitted works.

The disaster of Minab and the destruction of historical monuments were recorded in photo frames

He continued: This year, a side section of short films was also added to the competition; Therefore, along with photographers' images, short film works are also present in this event.

In the end, the head of the Natural Disasters Research Institute noted: the images received depict various aspects of the accidents and damages caused by the war; From the disaster of Minab and the martyrdom of the leader of the revolution to the destruction of residential houses, universities, historical monuments and infrastructures, efforts have been made to cover the various aspects of this war in the presented works so that the collection of works of the contest can provide a multifaceted picture of the dimensions of this event.