Local sources confirmed to The Khorasan Diary that more than 40 bodies of Afghan migrants have been recovered after they froze to death while attempting to illegally enter Iran amid severe winter cold, with the updated figure reported over the past hour ending at 6:46 AM UTC on December 21, 2025. Previously reported figures stood at around 30 bodies, according to the same local sources cited by The Khorasan Diary in a post shared during the 59-minute reporting window. In a separate development during the same period, Sentinel-2 satellite images revealed the restart of construction on an unfinished runway near the Shahid Beheshti military base north of Kerman, Iran, at coordinates 30.4030, 57.084, as detailed in an analysis posted by @mhmiranusa on X.
