TEHRAN: Iran's troops, relief workers and governmental organizations are struggling to restore normal condition to the northern part of the country which has encountered unprecedented heavy snowfall and cold weather in the past days.

The governmental administrative organs, Red Crescent workers and armed forces, have been dispatched north of Iran to help people who have been cut off power and water supply following the heavy snowfall in the past few days, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli told reporters after a meeting of Iran's Supreme Council for Management of Crisis on Tuesday.

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