Nearly 1,300 seek medical treatment as sandstorms hit SE Iran

TEHRAN, July 22 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,286 people have sought medical treatment in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan since Tuesday after the province was hit by sandstorms, official news agency IRNA reported Saturday.

Most of the patients suffer from respiratory, heart or eye conditions and 75 of them have been hospitalized, the IRNA quoted Majid Mohebi, head of the province's Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization, as saying.