The most recent recorded shark attack in Iran occurred on 1941-1945 at Ahvaz, on the Karun River. The incident was fatal and involved an unidentified shark. The victim was standing, washing rear wheels of his ambulance in ankle-deep water at the time of the incident.
FATAL, fell into water when shark seized his right ankle, right leg bitten, left forearm & hand lacerated, all tissue stripped from right arm
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